Articles tagged with: law student life

ABCs of National Law Schools: R = Ragging (Chetan Bhagat is Outdated)

Dear would-be law student, (Ermm‘Teenie weenie’ died of over-use) A few days back, I got a call from a would-be law student’s dad. When he was done with queries regarding the college, the things his son would need, placements etc. he handed the phone over to his son who I could make out, reluctantly...

Puppy Training: The ABCs Of a National Law University: Part I- Adjusting

Dear tennie weenie Law Student, Welcome to a National Law University. Whichever NLU it is; some things will apply; things which are perennial and all embracing. Things like laws(?) And you’ll have to adjust to these things. I call it puppy training. What I say here is not the gospel truth. I don’t s...

The DREAMS Of a LAW STUDENT - Nothing Big Or Small About It

Law Schools can be stifling, stultifying and discouraging at times. People look down upon the ‘other’; sometimes very disparagingly. A mooter thinks mooting is ‘the’ thing. The cool guy thinks that ‘mooting’ is for nerds etc etc. I believe we should respect choices. Here is a simple piece on that be...

A hot girlfriend, a hot-shot job and the 5th years still leave crying

THE FIFTH YEARS ARE LEAVING The fifth years are leaving: The mooters are leaving, the debaters are leaving, Their trophies, proudly in the library sit, Smiling at the newer faces. The researchers are leaving, the writers are leaving. Their books and papers in the glass cupboard Tell us of the words ...

INTERNSHIP: Hidden Camera reveals the INTERN, a name change and his DEATH

This is a long poem and has no rhyming scheme but if you read it in a rhythm and read it for fun, things will rhyme. Note- What the associate of the firm says is in ‘CAPS’. Note (further) - Something on Trademarks. Trademarks are divided into various classes. For example ‘class 1’ might deal with ‘f...

HIGH (in) COURT: A drunk mooter prays for a flowing stream of FUN

HIGH (in) COURT: A Drunk Mooter Prays For A Flowing Stream of Fun If it may please the honourable court I would like to proclaim: The counsel is not ‘feelin’ well, He swears in God’s name. The night before was a trail too long, Singing li’l life’s crazy song While each and every bit of me Went ‘roun...