These big law firms have partners from traditional law schools especially the govt law schools...I see the "kids"studying at NLUs who can only make good PPTs.. Well only few top NLUs are good the rest aren't ....I have seen people from Govt Law schools performing fairly better .
This is the difference between India and Usa …They are inspired by people who have had breaks in their career and still rose up or even a day care teacher could aspire to get into Harvard …but these law firm partners think they r know it all kind of ppl !
Lower-ranked law schools are put simply a waste for most students because they are usually located in Podunk areas with low demand for legal services. Employment is generally, with few exceptions, abysmal. Unless you are dead set confident you can graduate at the top of your class you should not go. In case you have a BA and are unemployed get some certifications or courses in business or technical areas. If an employer asks why should I hire you as an arts graduate as opposed to a graduate with a relevant course of study? Respond by explaining the value of your arts education without being too defensive. This is not a perfect solution but it might work. Attending a lower-ranked law school will not help in improving the marketability of a BA in a worthless discipline in most cases.
I respectfully disagree with the interviewee: 1/ The interviewee is making an assumption that promising entry-level talent is available only, or predominantly, at top NLUs. There is no empirical basis to support this assumption. If you don't provide opportunities to students from other law schools, how will you even know whether they are deserving or not? 2/ Law firms shouldn't just abdicate their responsibility of selecting quality candidates to some third party intermediary - like legal recruitment consultants. Firstly, these consultants have their own vested interests and, therefore, will not be impartial gatekeepers. Secondly, they don't know, and will never fully know, the needs and culture of your firm as well as you do. Thus, if you are truly committed to building talented teams that last, there is simply no substitute to immersing yourself in the recruitment process right from the candidate shortlisting stage. Expanding the capacities of and training internal HR teams would be a welcome first step. 3/ Predominantly hiring from top NLUs severely impacts the intellectual diversity of the profession as a whole. Top NLUs are notorious for having poor horizontal and vertical diversity ratios, while traditional law schools fair better in this respect. By propping-up only privileged students and candidates, law firms may widen the gulf between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' within the legal fraternity and society at large. 4/ Lastly, in today's digital age it seems erroneous to assert that law firms have no means to identify/ reach out to prospective candidates from lesser known law schools. Trilegal, as on date, has over 1,00,000 followers on LinkedIn. Even one simple post inviting job applications would do the trick. Sure, there may be an overwhelming response and a well-trained HR team may have to work with the concerned partner's team to sift the wheat from the chaff, but the end result would likely be a much more diverse pool of shortlisted applicants than any legal recruitment consultant could put together. I would like to end by quoting a film that was close to my heart as a child: "Not everyone can be a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere". The principle here applies equally to professional talent in my view.
The firm's isn't their to perform some sjw gimmick, it's their to earn money and the simplest and the most non hectic way of doing that is to hire from top nlus, simple economics ig
" it's just easier for the law firm to select from top nlus" - the jist of the video.
Thank you
It isn’t necessarily impossible to find a job. It’s just that you have to work 2x to 3x as hard.
It is great to be able to hear such a frank opinion, and the idea of intermediary firms is very promising!
Keep up the good work
Indeed! All thanks to Mr. Akshay Jaitly for sharing his wise words with us.
These big law firms have partners from traditional law schools especially the govt law schools...I see the "kids"studying at NLUs who can only make good PPTs..
Well only few top NLUs are good the rest aren't ....I have seen people from Govt Law schools performing fairly better .
Thank you sharing this short clip, Sarthak!
Thanks a lot, Tushar! Hope it was useful.
Thank you so much Sarthak.
Thanks, Shantanu! All the credit goes to Mr. Akshay Jaitly for sharing his thoughts with us.
This is the difference between India and Usa …They are inspired by people who have had breaks in their career and still rose up or even a day care teacher could aspire to get into Harvard …but these law firm partners think they r know it all kind of ppl !
Lower-ranked law schools are put simply a waste for most students because they are usually located in Podunk areas with low demand for legal services. Employment is generally, with few exceptions, abysmal. Unless you are dead set confident you can graduate at the top of your class you should not go. In case you have a BA and are unemployed get some certifications or courses in business or technical areas. If an employer asks why should I hire you as an arts graduate as opposed to a graduate with a relevant course of study? Respond by explaining the value of your arts education without being too defensive. This is not a perfect solution but it might work. Attending a lower-ranked law school will not help in improving the marketability of a BA in a worthless discipline in most cases.
thank you brother for this insight
I am from TMC college thane which is also government but there is no campus placement opportunity. So what shd I do to get internships in big law firm
I respectfully disagree with the interviewee:
1/ The interviewee is making an assumption that promising entry-level talent is available only, or predominantly, at top NLUs. There is no empirical basis to support this assumption. If you don't provide opportunities to students from other law schools, how will you even know whether they are deserving or not?
2/ Law firms shouldn't just abdicate their responsibility of selecting quality candidates to some third party intermediary - like legal recruitment consultants. Firstly, these consultants have their own vested interests and, therefore, will not be impartial gatekeepers. Secondly, they don't know, and will never fully know, the needs and culture of your firm as well as you do. Thus, if you are truly committed to building talented teams that last, there is simply no substitute to immersing yourself in the recruitment process right from the candidate shortlisting stage. Expanding the capacities of and training internal HR teams would be a welcome first step.
3/ Predominantly hiring from top NLUs severely impacts the intellectual diversity of the profession as a whole. Top NLUs are notorious for having poor horizontal and vertical diversity ratios, while traditional law schools fair better in this respect. By propping-up only privileged students and candidates, law firms may widen the gulf between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' within the legal fraternity and society at large.
4/ Lastly, in today's digital age it seems erroneous to assert that law firms have no means to identify/ reach out to prospective candidates from lesser known law schools. Trilegal, as on date, has over 1,00,000 followers on LinkedIn. Even one simple post inviting job applications would do the trick. Sure, there may be an overwhelming response and a well-trained HR team may have to work with the concerned partner's team to sift the wheat from the chaff, but the end result would likely be a much more diverse pool of shortlisted applicants than any legal recruitment consultant could put together.
I would like to end by quoting a film that was close to my heart as a child: "Not everyone can be a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere". The principle here applies equally to professional talent in my view.
The people in NLUs are brighter and have already proved themselves and are very hyper competitive they arent idiots
The firm's isn't their to perform some sjw gimmick, it's their to earn money and the simplest and the most non hectic way of doing that is to hire from top nlus, simple economics ig