At NLSIU Bangalore, more than one-third of the entire LLB student population wanted to join a law firm or a legal consultancy after graduation, but the popularity of this career option consistently declined with successive batches and was overtaken by other choices after the class of 2015 graduated.

Bishen Jeswant, who left a well-paid corporate law job a year ago to start reporting about cricket, shares some of his experiences and thoughts in changing careers.

“At Supreme Court for three years under a kind senior but he’s still paying me peanuts and not giving me any great work. At a loss…”

Legally India’s resident agony aunt and uncle answer a concerned mother’s queries about whether her son’s potential career choice of law is a good one, or whether it would leave him a broken shell of a man.

Divya would like to tell you a little about Legally Jobs and how it’s been going, and how to maximise your chances in the open market.

Dear Aunty & Uncle. I am a fourth year from a lesser-known law school in Delhi, which has no placement committee, and my parents have no legal background. How can I get a corporate law job?

Dear Aunty & Uncle. I just started at a reputed firm and the senior associate sitting next to me watches pornography on his work computer.

Dear Aunty & Uncle. I want to start a law firm. Please advise.

Dear Aunty & Uncle. The salaried partner who supervises me is stopping me from progressing in my career. He is competent but I know that I am better than he is technically. But he treats me like a dumb doll, which I’m not. He doesn’t allow me to meet clients and always shields me from the equity partners and barely lets me talk in meetings. What can I do?

Yours, National Law School Victim

Dear Aunty & Uncle. I am at the Delhi office of [a third-tier law firm] doing general corporate commercial work. I graduated four years ago from a reputed law school. I know I am good enough to join [a first or second-tier firm] that does more corporate transactional work. Please revert back.

Three life lessons and the top eight tips to help you bag those law firm and advocate internships.

Since the start of Legally India’s blogging competition in January, a total of 50 law bloggers (blawgers) have shared legal thoughts, laughs, pains and the downright surreal. With a little over two months to go in the competition this round-up looks at the most popular bloggers and posts to date.

We are also pleased to announce two new sponsored jury prizes for the most thought provoking blog posts on issues of social and legal importance, worth Rs 20,000 (see details below), which was kindly donated by a practising lawyer.

We asked Careers Counsel what they do with a stack of CVs and cover letters sitting on their desks.

One partner calls them “covering letters that make life easier: one look and you don’t look again!” Since sometimes the best instruction is (bad) example, Careers Counsel has compiled some of the worst real life cover letters. If your current cover letter looks anything like these, change it. Now!

Dear Careers Counsel, how do I write the perfect cover letter to swing that high-paying law firm job?

Question: I am a law third year law student. How do I write a good CV to get a job with a law firm after graduation?

A first year student at a National Law School asks: Why do recruiting law firms feel that cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is the “be-all-and-end-all”?

Question: Have most regular law firm recruiters already had their fill of law school graduates and are they just recruiting now to make up for the hiring freezes of last year? Will this trend continue?

Question: I am not sure how to go about making a good CV which will bag me a good internship. I’ve only interned once with a small law firm in Mumbai so that is the only experience I have. Can you please give me some suggestions?