If your college’s placement cell is thin, or non-existent, or you simply didn’t land anything on campus, here’s the first thing I want you to know: a huge number of practising lawyers got their jobs off-campus. It is not the...

If you’re looking at a nearly empty document thinking, “I don’t have enough to fill a CV,” I want to reframe that before you write a single line. A law student CV isn’t a trophy cabinet. It’s a piece of...

You got the job, and almost immediately a new fear took its place: “What if they realise I don’t really know what I’m doing and let me go before I’m confirmed?” If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.  Many new...

If someone has told you your CV bullets are “weak” and left it at that, it wasn’t very helpful, was it?  Because you’re not sure what a strong one even looks like or how to describe work that felt fairly...

You sent the application. Three days passed. Nothing.  And now you’re stuck in the worst kind of limbo, too anxious to move on, too scared to follow up in case it makes you look desperate. Here’s the truth that’ll free...

Have you noticed how the same listings get shared in every student group, and everyone piles onto the same handful of openings? Meanwhile, someone in your batch keeps landing internships you never even saw advertised. It almost feels like they’re...

First, some relief: for most internship applications in India, your email is your cover letter, and you don’t need a separate one. But sometimes a firm or a formal application specifically asks for a cover letter, and that’s when students...

Before your first firm internship, the not-knowing is the worst part. You picture walking in and being handed something you have no idea how to do, while everyone silently wonders how you got in. Let me take that fear off...

Let’s start with the fear, because I know it’s there:  “Who am I to email a practising lawyer out of the blue? Won’t they be annoyed?” No. Here’s the reframe I want you to hold onto: a well-written, specific email...

First, some relief: for most internship applications in India, your email is your cover letter, and you don’t need a separate one. But sometimes a firm or a formal application specifically asks for a cover letter, and that’s when students...