Don't Join Law
Yesterday I saw around 2.7 Lakh students appeared for the bar examination. It made me realise that lakhs of students are pursuing law without realising that there's no market.
I am myself a graduate from a decent university in a t1 city, did lots of internships in litigation and then I worked in a big four firm and thereafter I joined a Tier 1 NLU for my LL.M and cleared UGC Net as well, and I am still unemployed.
I have applied to almost 300 companies and universities by now and still people aren't shortlisting me even for an interview. The situation is same with all my classmates as well. You have two options either go to court and start with peanuts earning somewhere around 5-10k per month or stay unemployed. The NLU dream that is sold at least for LLM courses is bullshit.
Universities require people who have PhDs. They don't even care about LLM and NET qualifications. I have seen incompetent people as professors while I was a student myself. I always used to wonder that I can definitely be better than these guys. But rather than going through your certifications, they just focus on whether you have a PhD or not, which is a shame tbh.
The problem is that the field is full of people who have connections, mostly only they are succeeding. Companies rarely hire one or two people for law and even they prefer referred candidates.
I am struggling, I don't want y'all to struggle. I'll suggest prepare for NEET or JEE, or do something else rather than wasting your precious years. If you secure a T1 NLU for your bachelors then you might be fine, or else you're doomed.
P.S.- If you guys have any leads, do let me know. xD