It’s that time of the year again. The time when a flood of relatives leave you with a landslide of advice and all around you your parents, friends and even the media sets off a tornado of expert opinion leaving you totally at sea. Yes, I see the irony in what I’m doing now but I’ll risk it to add my...
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Guest post, anonymised at author’s request. BOARD EXAMS ARE OVER, CLAT ON HEAD… TENSION TENSION.. TENSION… This is what I experienced in the month of April! Studying for Entrance exams,Changing patters, Vast G.K. Yell It kills a student after every second!! But this is what it is! Life is like this ...
Changing with age No. I did not see myself as a lawyer. When I graduated fifteen years ago, lawyers were one of two things – assorted lawyers on the pavement outside the city metropolitan court or the types ones saw on ‘The Practice’, ‘Boston Legal’ and ‘Ally McBeal’. No, the*‘milord’* and ‘judgesaa...
7. Seven. VII. Semesters. That’s a very long time in law student years. It has been a roller coaster. Let’s look at what all things happen ‘Only in law school’ Here goes. People will start fearing you as soon as you get into a law school. I am talking about all your other non-law friends. The fatter...
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...
“Its not about living forever Jacky, ITS ABOUT LIVING WITH YOURSELF”. I heard this dialogue in Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. This statement is very true and as we all are in the phase of becoming an advocates or an upcoming Corporate Lawyers we must accept this truth. I was reading articl...
“Its not about living forever Jacky, ITS ABOUT LIVING WITH YOURSELF”. I heard this dialogue in Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. This statement is very true and as we all are in the phase of becoming an advocates or an upcoming Corporate Lawyers we must accept this truth. I was reading articl...
Year : 2050. Scenario : On the vast plains of erstwhile Sunderbans forests, there are 2 armies locking horns with each other. And not just an army, army of armies. Just like Troy. On one side, there are some of our own “Black Suited-up” * homo sapiens *and facing them is beloved and most reliable, k...
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...
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...
Q. I have made it to a national law school. What should I expect? How should I prepare for a life at an NLU? Ans. 1. Prepare to be crushed and subdued in everything you think you are great at. If you are great at debating, you might not be in the debating team. Prepare for that. 2. Prepare for great...
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...
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 ...
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...