After weeks of uncertainty, Luthra to welcome postponed 2020 batch by November (rather than 2021)

Monday, 26 October 2020 By Legally India Law firms

After having postponed the 2020 new recruits’ joining dates to 2021, L&L Partners has now promised to welcome all freshers by 12 November 2020 after the continuing and unresolved management turmoil at the firm had left hires on tenterhooks for weeks now.

In a Zoom call held last evening between managing partner Rajiv Luthra and nearly 50 joinees, Luthra assured the recruits that their hiring would be moved forward, after the firm had announced in September that their start date would not happen before 2021 (although a few had been ‘onboarded’ earlier).

Luthra confirmed the November 2020 date in a later email to the freshers, stating: “As mentioned, owing to the continuing pandemic, you will work from home, until you are informed of your physical reporting day at the office.

“I look forward to welcoming you in person soon, as well as, to us working together towards further enriching our institution.”

We have reached out to Luthra for comment earlier this evening but have had no response.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ incoming batch of around 78 freshers recruited to start in 2020 remains scheduled to only begin in 2021, though some online onboarding programmes are in the works.

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Comments

Curious2627 26 Oct 2020, 19:21
+3 -12
How many NLU joinees?
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 15:09
+1 -0
More than 80%.
TOOOOOOO ahead of the 26 Oct 2020, 20:23
+21 -4
We'll appreciated move by Luthra ! Now CAM remains the ONLY firm to have NOT inducted all of its associates. Is the "world class teachnology" in works that CAM being the leading law firm cannot induct it's new joinees??
It's really funny and ironic when a firm with so many issues can and the one "Claiming" legal tech revolution can't
Makes you wonder the actual reason
EyeQue 27 Oct 2020, 08:10
+10 -26
You kids need to reign in that fake sense of entitlement. It takes more than just a Zoom call to onboard a set of know nothing FY associates. There is training involved at multiple levels. You should be happy that you got selected for CAM and not some firm where you are just another factor point in an otherwise giant pissing contest. Be patient. Pipe Down otherwise that offer may just be given to someone who actually appreciates it.
Cam guy 27 Oct 2020, 08:50
+8 -4
Obviously there is training involved but we would love to pass down some work load to joinees who were supposed to come. Think the main issue is why is it only CAM that hasn't inducted while all tier 1s have
Cammer 27 Oct 2020, 09:20
+8 -11
Thats the problem. You want all the money but dont want to do any of the work. Why do you want to pass down the work load that is yours to bear? Why dont you stop wasting endless hours on netflix and focus on your assignment instead. WFH is not a vacation.
A3 27 Oct 2020, 09:33
+5 -1
Entitlement word should be declared as the most overused term. We have been asking our partners to get us some assistance in work. IDC who gets inducted. I would love a non-working weekend
Hogwash 27 Oct 2020, 10:38
+3 -0
What nonsense. With delayed joining and 1.5 years of rotations, these kids would be becoming A2's with barely 6 months of work-ex in any given practice area (not to mention having these short stints doesn't really help in developing any real sense of ownership about work, or towards clients).

This is opposed to places like TL where you'd have 2 years of work-ex, or even SAM where you'd have 1.5 work ex (with the added benefit of a rotation) by the time you become an A2.

For the sort of work done at law firms, experience is everything. Stop short-changing your juniors.
Ugh 27 Oct 2020, 11:24
+3 -0
Why do you think the firm will not remember this and not pay and designate them as A2. Most importantly, all other firms you mentioned will do as their kids joined on time.
Then what will these guys do ? Wait till they are never on par with their batchmates ?
Hogwash 27 Oct 2020, 13:58
+3 -0
The point is not that CAM won't pay an A2 level retainership to these kids when they reach that level (which is anyway lower than other tier-1 firms due to the Amarchand discount). The point is that these kids will be well behind their peers in other firms in terms of experience in a given practice area, at that time, which is objectively not good for them.
Ugh 27 Oct 2020, 15:20
+1 -2
Bud I'm on your side. I truly second you in the fact that these kids will be behind ( already are) if you want to compare with the brothers firm who inducted back in July
ElderWand 29 Oct 2020, 12:15
+0 -2
Totally Agree. These guys need to tone down their sense of entitlement. Its not like they are lifers anyways. They move the first chance they get an extra 100 bucks. Commitment and loyalty aint what it was.

God i miss the cold war!
No legal revolution 27 Oct 2020, 09:31
+0 -0
Its not the legal revolution. Its a matter of how many deals we currently have. Truth be told, the firm hasn't been doing that well in GC and Lit. Rest I think, some kids were added to projects which is our main practice area.
not CAM 26 Oct 2020, 20:25
+20 -4
Kudos for Luthra ! No matter what's happening, they have done good on their promise !
Now the only firm that remains is CAM which is ironically the leading and the most advanced law firm (obviously as per themselves only)
What has been stopping them from inducting ? Seems money crisis are really there for CAM and no other law firm
117cr 27 Oct 2020, 06:20
+15 -0
Today’s ET reports purchase of apartments worth 117cr by Cyril and Paridhi. Good.
Money honey 27 Oct 2020, 07:37
+5 -0
Lol. That is why it's also known as the property firm. Maybe they are saving up for lost rent or now it seems like these properties. An LI article did mention few weeks back that 1.5+cr was saved by not inducting new kids
Blah 28 Oct 2020, 06:30
+2 -1
Wake up. This is an 2 year old news.
Baratheon 27 Oct 2020, 03:51
+13 -1
I am glad that our pleas have been considered - many of us were unsure what would happen with our future. Let's hope good things start happening soon.
Tyrant 27 Oct 2020, 04:23
+14 -5
I think this is why RKL likes to call himself the benevolent dictator. As long as you submit to his suzerainty, he'll be nice to you.
OCD 27 Oct 2020, 05:56
+6 -1
Kian is becoming too obsessed with L&L - no reports of other firms. DSK - co-managing partner/couple of departures from HSA etc etc.
A3 27 Oct 2020, 06:05
+22 -2
Finally! Now 2020 batch peeps should stop spamming LI comments section.
SCAMMIE 27 Oct 2020, 07:34
+6 -3
Did you not read ? CAM 2020 kids are still left. They must be feeling left out compared to their batchmates
Munna Bhaiya 27 Oct 2020, 10:07
+1 -0
Founding intern...??
I thought he used to be Jinnah's intern, back when he defended Chandrasekhar Azad before the Bom. HC
Too Curious 27 Oct 2020, 08:00
+3 -1
Probably time for Luthra Lit to hire their kids as well. Anyone who has interned at Luthra Lit after and around July 19 knows [...], the guinness record intern of VS for the last 10-15 months who hasn't been hired with this pool. Quoting the man himself
"They'll make me a partner of the interns lot someday."
I 27 Oct 2020, 09:58
+5 -0
July '19....???
I thought he was an intern since the inception of the firm. Was expecting him to file an I.A. in the Saraf- Luthra tiff, wasn't he the founding intern. XD
@Kian 27 Oct 2020, 10:09
+0 -0
@Kian please censor the naked in such posts lest trolls start harassing innocent young lawyers
Munna Bhaiya 27 Oct 2020, 10:16
+0 -0
Founding intern..??
I thought he used to be Jinnah's intern back when he defended Chandrasekhar Azad before the Bom. HC
Maqbool 27 Oct 2020, 10:54
+2 -0
Jinnah's intern? I thought he used to be Manu's intern, when he was writing the Manusmriti? Feeling old yet? XDDDD
LLLLLLLLPartners 27 Oct 2020, 10:25
+10 -14
Luthra should keep the 2020 joinees as interns for one year, pay them 10K per month and make them realize the value of money
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 15:15
+4 -14
The breakup of hires/interns is pretty generic across all big firms these days.

A few from Big 3 NLUs (Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyd)

Plus many from Mid 4 NLUs (Kolkata + Jodhpur + Bhopal + Gandhinagar)

Plus a few from Small 6 NLUs (Kochi + Raipur + Patiala + Lucknow + Cuttack + Lucknow)

Plus a few from Tiny Ten NLUs (Mumbai + Patna + Vishakapatnam + Gauhati + Ranchi + Trichy + Nagpur + Aurangabad + Shimla + Sonipat)

Plus a very small number from non-NLUs, often through contacts
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 16:22
+2 -3
The number of students from the 'Big 3' who apply for a firm job is the same as those from the 'Mid 4' though. Are you saying that the former just can't crack it as well as the latter, instead getting lost in the bigness of their selves?
Lol 27 Oct 2020, 16:32
+5 -3
You just got the def of boot 3 NLUs wrong buddy
Why bro 27 Oct 2020, 16:42
+4 -2
Is unsolicited answer ka question kaha hai bhai ? Kisne poocha ? Kab poocha ? Aur jawab dena hi kyu hai ?
Lol @ Big 3 27 Oct 2020, 17:40
+16 -4
Nice propaganda about NLUD being in the ‘big 3’. Endearing and cute and very very funny. :)
Chal Chal 28 Oct 2020, 04:16
+6 -2
We noticed your sly (sad?) effort to push your agenda, and here, we reject it unanimously. Dilli is NOT big three :)
Check 28 Oct 2020, 05:07
+8 -0
NLU Delhi is largely ignored at the Firm that is at the centre of this report. That university started with a big bang but there were no takers as the job market has been quite saturated. Cant comment on how it is treated at other big firms.
Jug dhundhiya 28 Oct 2020, 15:30
+1 -0
I hope your quality of work and integrity is stronger than your fake NLU ego, demonstrated above. Because only the former gets you a job (in a firm, or ANYWHERE) for that matter. We have NALSAR kids who know nothing and Amity kids who do. I belong to neither but take a decent sum home. Drink that NLU ego down with your protein shake before you work out for 6 months and maybe things finally look up for you, kid.
Talent talk 27 Oct 2020, 17:19
+1 -1
"I want top talent and for that I have to meet their aspirations" lol
CAM grads should apply to other openings floating around in the market. We will actually respect the talent.
Cammie 28 Oct 2020, 06:36
+1 -3
Well well!!!
At least, I am talent for my firm and have advantage of flexi work model. Who are you a ‘resource’?
Talent talk 28 Oct 2020, 07:55
+0 -1
It's a matter of respecting that talent. Working at a place is a two way door. You give respect and confidence to the firm so that you get some back as well.
All I'm saying my firm ( with a new office and pleasant weather) will respect them more by obviously kick starting their careers immediately
Mistakenly 29 Oct 2020, 06:26
+2 -0
As a starting associate, the ONLY way you will get respect is through your work. If you think you can demand respect by just sitting on your whiney backend then you're wayy off the mark. Think again. Unemployment beckons those who harbour illusions of grandeur sans hardwork.
Associate Miley 29 Oct 2020, 12:13
Troll
+3 -4
Not true. I am a millennial. I was born to demand respect. I have the right to a cushy job. I have the right to demand that i get paid the best and highest salary. I have the right to ask questions. I have the right to sit in client meetings. I have the right to whine and moan about every single policy that prevents me from enjoying life. If i had my way, we would all wear hoodies to work because thats what cool people do- thats what Marc ZBurg does. And if you dont give me whats rightfully mine, i will gather other like minded ones and spam the hell out of the LI comment section with whiney moany posts about how i am bieng treated unfairly. I dont care or respect anyone who may have every worked hard over the years to get to where they are because that position was always mine.

Oh! and i have absolutely no responsibility to anyone. Basically i am doing YOU a favour by joining you and you should kiss my feet. Otherwise i will whine and moan!

DAB!
Associate Miley 29 Oct 2020, 12:50
+0 -0
Cmon Kian- Its not trollish. Its called passive aggressive sarcasm. Because these kids dont understand it when its given straight to them.
Lol 28 Oct 2020, 07:55
+0 -0
How can you gloat about flexi work when these kids are far from its reach ?
No 28 Oct 2020, 08:14
+1 -1
I'm sure you must be such a pleasure to work with
Talent my a... 29 Oct 2020, 06:24
+0 -1
At some point in time, talent could be shown the door for bieng arrogant.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 01:19
+2 -0
Bar & Bench report: "As per sources, the new hires are primarily graduates of National Law Universities such as NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad and NUJS Kolkata."

Now please share the college-wise breakup!!


https://www.barandbench.com/news/ll-partners-inducts-50-freshers-through-zoom-call
Ranoo 29 Oct 2020, 06:27
+2 -1
Nobody cares where you are from once you get in the rat race. Get over it.
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