-Radhika Agarwal “ I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine .” ― Bruce Lee A NALSAR alumnus had once told me that happiness is a difficult choice that one makes in a law school like NALSAR. At that time, I was unable to fully understand wh...
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10 things that might help you get through law school -Radhika Agarwal (NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad) From being a high school graduate to a final year student in law school, I have come a long way… and while I am yet to figure out the road ahead, I do have a fairly good idea of what not to do...
It’s MY Life- Law school and beyond… -Radhika Agarwal (NALSAR University of Law) “ Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own i...
LAW SCHOOL! The two words that become the mantra of every CLAT aspirant. You just have to get into one. All that hard work, those sleepless nights, the endless chase…it will all pay off when you get into ‘that law school!’, or so you think. You read up on every article about student life, take every...
I guess Robert Frost while writing this had some sort of idea of what life is like. And this holds true for life in law school as well. There are promises to be kept, deadlines to be met. When I was giving my entrances, I had a very rosy picture in mind about the life in the best of the National Law...
DAY ZERO Hello! Respected and not-so-respected members of the legal fraternity, tolerant law students and other vela people who have taken time out to read this blog. I am not a seasoned blogger like most people on this site. I have been a freeloader of entertainment from Legally India and I think i...
The reviews for Calcutta Chronicles’ were not only unexpected - they were elating and above all humbling - I always thought of myself as someone who could draw sad faces better than happy ones (I actually can!). So for my readers (at least the 400 of them who seem to have read the previous one - and...
Congratulations. You have gotten through to a law school. It may or may not be the one that you aimed for but the good news is, in the long run, it doesn’t matter. Now, a lot of you will be starting college from Monday. A few of you might have already started. So I am going to tell you a few things ...
A When I’d just begun studying law, people often asked me if I had learnt different ways in which to murder a person without being held criminally liable. I thought it was merely an over-done joke. Three years into law school, I find it deeply insightful. Naïveté would have you presume that the law ...
It is trend. In first semester when I was supposed to be studying Torts, I used to feel like reading Public International Law. Then when I was doing a PIL moot I felt like reading landmark Constitutional Law judgements. When it was the deadline for moot memo submission neared, I spent a great amount...
Another year in law school- and another year of disappointment, dissatisfaction, lack of opportunities and a sort of helplessness which compels one to wonder whether there is an extrinsic force that controls one’s life; this coming from someone who is generally suspicious of inexplicable concepts su...
Dear Law School Administration, There are two types of students that you can meet in life, law students and others. Please be very afraid of the first kind as they are the sharpest, meanest and the most bored form of student that you will ever have to face. Why you ask? Well, here are a few reasons:...
By Our Correspondent Delhi. In an announcement that is bound to crease many frowns and make the legal community a happy lot the Bar Council of India announced a number of changes that is bound to create mayhem in the industry, albeit for good purposes, seemingly a first in its long history of moribu...
Disclaimer: The conjectures and quantification of the abstract notions made in the write up is based on the general observation of the author coupled with personal experiences in a National Law University. Confidence in 80% of cases leads to over confidence, which in 95% of cases leads to unexpected...
Please don’t have any ideas Tongue out Honeymoon here refers to the honeymoon phase we law students go through initially when we join the so called elitist law schools. In the beginning we are baffled and in awe of every single thing about our law school be it the library or the Socratic method of t...
Reform of the Indian Civil Services South Block By Our Special Correspondent In an exclusive revelation to our special lobby correspondent in South Block we have been informed of an upcoming reform in the Indian Civil Services. In a much touted effort to further Indian-ise the much rusted albeit sti...
First year at law school was not just an ordinary year. It was 1000 hours of lecture, 120 hours of mooting, 60 hours of debating/arguing, 1500 hours of sleeping and 360 hours of internship. When a pilot with experience of 200 hours can get a license to risk hundreds of lives, imagine your efficiency...
Things you should know before you are a Law Student Counseling rounds of almost every law school is now when over, students have fasten their seat belts to take off for new life at law school. To be a law student, one needs to be enrolled in a full time law course. Many of you may have already under...
MEMOIRS OF A LAW SCHOOL DEBATER (This is a true account of what happened with students of a law school when they were in Delhi for a debate; names of certain locations and persons have been withheld to protect the identity of the students) Parliamentary style debating is one of the lesser known acti...
The Five People You Meet In Every Law School and Why It Is Good To Have Enemies (Law school politics) I am not the kind who is quick to judge people and my first instinct is to trust others…but law school essentially changes the way you look at the world and in the words of a former law student, it ...