Heya!!! I've been in your situation before. I also did not take part in our internal uni moot in my first year because I chickened out at the last minute and thought there was no point in making a joke out of myself. I completely regret not trying out mooting in my first year, not because it caused me a disadvantage in the future (which it did of course) but because I didn't deal with my lack of self-confidence issues back then. Subsequently, in my second year, I was feeling very low as my peers were faring much better than me and I only got to take part in one moot with teammates who were not really enthusiastic about it. For a long time, I was extremely anxious about my lack of mooting achievements and no matter what I did, I somehow could not manage to do well in it - our college is also not very supportive in terms of providing attendance and funding, so that, of course, did not make things any better. My fellow classmates had already found their moot partners and I could not possibly ask them to moot with me. Despite this, third year was a complete game changer, I somehow managed to team up well, won a couple of national moots and an international moot. I'm not currently anxious about mooting at all, but I am very concerned about my placements. But just want to say that we are all on the same page or have been at some point. You might think your peers are faring much better than you when in reality, they also have their own issues to deal with. I am sure you know how to do well in moots, but you might not be able to execute it that well - this could be because of multiple external factors that may not really be under your control. Just know that mooting is quite arbitrary and that one shouldn't do moots merely to get a material outcome as such because it can truly be very disappointing when things don't pan out the way we want them to.

My only advice is that we all need to change the way we perceive mooting - it shouldn't be all about the outcomes. Yes, results matter but the kind of subject matter knowledge you get when you spend months diligently researching on it is just something else altogether. While I was working on the international moot I mentioned, I initially opted for it merely for the CV value it offered. But when I truly started working on it, I happened to really enjoy the process. The last 6 or so months working on it were truly a blessing - despite the lack of attendance, low CGPA, lack of internships etc.

Just don't worry - although not doing moots in the first year can cause some disadvantages, that is not something that cannot be changed. Make sure you put in your very best and work with people who are diligent and not just smart. Focus on doing moots where you will enjoy the subject matter and learn to enjoy the process. Do not be too harsh on yourself. I don't know who you are but I am rooting for you. I hope it all works well:)))

Did myfirst moot round in 2nd year. Paid close attention during the mooting workshop and made notes. Watched seniors who were Good mooters while they were practising and arguing. Did well and got allocated a domestic T1 moot that year. Semi finalist. Made friends and had a lot of fun. It's not impossible at all.

Im in my first year at an NLU. I got royally screwed over by my teammates in my uni internal moot rounds. As a result I had to drop out last minute and couldnt participate even though I'd done my research. Now i see everyone around me so into moots and I feel so sad. I really want to do moots, and good ones too!! Maybe get a fighting chance at the really nice international ones. But i feel like since I didnt start in 1st year, my chances are way lesser than anyone else to ever get selected for the great moots. If there's anyone here who started mooting in their 2nd year and still was able to develop their skills in mooting and achieve as a mooter, do let me know. Thank you

Everyone has lots of opinions on good teaching until they teach. What is the incentive for someone who can earn a corporate salary to come and teach for peanuts and disrespect at an Indian law school? It's not as if law firm partners value teaching at a high ranked school the way UK or US partners do. The alternative is practitioners who frequently neither know theory well nor how to teach. They certainly don't know how to tailor a class to different capacities and goals.

So yes good teachers do use examples to get their point through. But they cannot also make cocktails and be trapeze artists. They do what they do. A smart student learns it and then uses it later while being taught more applied law.

Kuch bhi dude, debt related research is very interesting. Also to answer you question, even tho internship is online it depends on your team and how proactive they are for recruitment. It also depends on how proactive you are, but it makes things much easier if you go there offline. I agree that your work yo a great extent will be clerical and preparing notes or summarising documents. Research will be related to FEMA mostly. You could look at FEMA ODI, NDI rules for starters. If you have more time you could see the allied RBI Master Directions and Circulars. Best of luck, bnf can be fun if you understand the concepts. Alsoo do make sure you know concepts of Pledge, Mortgage, Hypothecation, Guarantee, Indemnity, Bailment I'm sure you do.

Let’s cut to the chase: SAM’s recent partner walkouts? Totally predictable. As long as the Shroffs/Chopras keep clinging to their stakes like it’s the last piece of cake at a party, SAM can only play dress-up as a meritocratic/efficient firm. The reality? It’s a family-owned drama factory masquerading as a professional law firm.

And don’t even get me started on the competition team—talk about a traffic jam at the top. With three Shroffs hogging the spotlight (and the profits), ▮▮▮ The team’s so saturated that talented partners are suffocating. No wonder they’ve lost the two competition partners recently.▮▮▮

SAM needs to wake up and smell the coffee, or they will be left with nothing but a bunch of empty offices and an even emptier reputation.

Nope. This is just a thing whereby they are cheapening their brand. Some random practitioner whom nobody has ever heard of and who attended some T3 NLU or TLC will jump at it, might get selected (taking two a priori assumptions to be true: that good academics/professionals wouldn't like the arrangement of fitting in, and that this would lead to lack of interest, leading to few applications) and will get to say that they "taught at NLSIU" on their CV. As if! Or, in the alternative, as you said, good academics/professionals won't like it (especially the fitting-in arrangement) and this thing will meet an early (and sticky) end.

Hey! 5th Year Student here.

I'll be joining IndusLaw for an internship in September. From what I could see from my email's CC, I've been allocated to Saurav Kumar's Team (Transactions), based primarily in IndusLaw's office in Gurgaon.

I want to know these things primarily:

1. How's the team's work culture?

2. How do I maximize the amount of work that I can get?

3. How possible is a PPO Offer at the current time in that team? And how do I push for it? Because I know my work ethics are very very strong. I am a very fast learner, and I'm very confident about the quality of the work that I can assist with. Thus, I think through my work, I can get positive feedback. But apart from that, what other factors do I need to push to get a chance at a PPO interview?

I'll be incredibly grateful for some helpful advice.

Thank you so much!

I’m afraid tier 2 NLUs will doomed to oblivion if NLU nationalisation doesn’t happen. You are competing with tier 1 NLUs whose batch sizes keep getting bigger and private law schools with 1000 times more funding and resources at their disposal. How can you compete with them unless the central government supports you like they support IIM and IIT?

Jayant Mehta is also extremely picky about his juniors — if you're not from NLS, you're already not a preference. Anywhere below GNLU and you're not even considered seriously.

That said, there's no doubt that his brilliance and work ethic has made the careers of multiple of his juniors, some of whom are now AORs and well-established in their own right.

Having access to more info doesn't have anything to do with smartness. It's how you process info and apply the lessons learnt from it that matters. The poll doesn't make any sense because it is entirely about making generalisations and no good teacher should do that. There have been good students in every generation and those who are lazy, disinterested in learning and reek of entitlement.

No cause NLS generally has the brightest students and also has the strictest academic standard.

Generally the top 15 get foreign TCs or LLMs with scholarships

The next approx 40-45 get T1 Day0

The next approx 50 get T2/Boutique DAY0

Almost everybody gets either an in-house role or a T3 Day0

JNU in international law,

IIT Kharagpur (but it requires 2 year LLB) ,

DU, BHU, AMU (decent but depends on supervisor)

Among private ones, JGLS is good for now. BML Munjal offers a good stipend as well, but idk how good it is.

Last resort universities- State Universities because they often hire their PhD graduates.

Advantages of a private uni is that you can complete your PhD easily. Ultimately you'll have 30 more points on API compared to the idiots like me pursuing it from NLS

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no T2/T3 firm is looking to hire a person who's graduated from a private university — or a person who's taken two drop years. So, as a person who's done both, your chances of breaking into corporate law with no background and references are slim to none. My advice? Use contacts, work with whatever boutique/chambers you can, and hope to jump thereon.

Hi, I'm a final year student from a Tier 1.5 NLU. I have an avid interest in litigation and wish to practice in Delhi. Are there any tips from other seniors here, who have pursued a similar course of action? I plan on joining the chamber of a senior counsel for 1-2 years, would that be optimal? Please suggest tips and possible avenues, as our admin/placement cell is quite useless for litigation...

It shows that you have absolutely no idea of this subfield and that you dont even know what eugenics means. Eugenics refers to using observations (often racist) to “improve” the quality of life of a person.

What you’re looking for is “scientific racism”. You should have read my sources. Pubmed, science. Genetic studies helps to identify risk factors for groups of people, for eg Dawoodi Bohras have unique cancer mutation on one of their snps.

Genes help us to understand where did out ancestors came from. They also, very clearly show that because of 2000+ year of endogamy , most indian groups have become distinct genetically. So pretty please tell me wheres racism here.

Or is the lawyer brain so argumentative that you’ll defend your bad take till the end of time? [i too am a lawyer].

Open your horizons apart from law. Read the Reich book that I posted above .

Nothing to be confused about, allow me to clarify. The resolution passed by the Collegium clearly states "average net professional income of Rs. 709.69 lakhs for the last five years....". Please specifically note the usage of the word "average" here. Therefore, the last 5 years have essentially been the sample size, and after deducting all expenses, he has on average made Rs. 7.09 crores per year. This is a fact, and cannot be disputed.

In fact, since this Rs. 7.09 crores per year is based on an average across 5 years, in all likelihood he has actually made north of Rs. 7.09 crores these last couple of years at least.