Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Arvind P. Datar on the job of a Senior Advocate, taxation law and writing authoritative law books
Arvind P. Datar is a prominent Senior Advocate at Madras High Court and one of the finest lawyers in South India. He graduated from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai. He is also known for his books ‘Nani Palkhivala: The Courtroom Genius’, ‘Datar Commentary on Constitution of India’ and ‘Guide to Central Excise Law and…
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Aviral Sahai on winning moots (NLS Arbitration), receiving Naveen Jindal scholarship, appointment, work at AMSS
Aviral Sahai is a graduate from Jindal Global Law School (Batch of 2014). He has an enviable academic record and an excellent series of internships at top law firms. He has been the Recipient of the Naveen Jindal Young Scholarship. He underwent an academic exchange program with Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomingtion, Indiana,…
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Shouvik Kr. Guha on higher grades, winning gold medals, Lexbioxis and teaching
Shouvik Kumar Guha pursued his B.A.LL.B. and LL.M. from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been associated with IDIA since the days of its inception. He has numerous publications in prestigious journals to his name and has authored few books also. He had always planned to pursue a career in academics…
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Sandeep Chilana on a career in taxation law and being Principal Associate at Amarchand
Sandeep Chilana graduated from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University in 2005. Thereafter, he practiced litigation at his hometown, in Rudrapur, and later joined AMSS in their tax team. He continues to work at AMSS, and with his expertise in tax law, he is presently a Principal Associate. We have invited him to share his experience and insights with…
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Talha Salaria on founding ‘Lawyers at Work’, expertise in Corporate Law and building a career
Talha Salaria graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore. She has been a corporate lawyer for most of her career. She is the founder of Lawyers at Work. In this interview, we asked her about: Her experiences as a founder of ‘Lawyers at Work’ Her experiences of practicing as a corporate lawyer. Internship experiences and their importance in…
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Deepu Krishna on starting up with DK Studs, cracking CLAT and authoring a book
Deepu Krishna graduated from NLIU, Bhopal in 2006. Currently, he is the Director of DK Studs, a law entrance preparation coaching. He set up this institution after working with a law firm. We asked him about: Starting up with and building DK Studs Advice to law students who could’t make it to top NLUs Skills…
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Kapil Duggal on declining AMSS PPO for an Indian LL.M, driving NLIU MCC to zenith and being a batch topper
Kapil Duggal is the topper of NLIU Batch of 2014 (set to receive the Gold Medal on 15 November), who bagged a PPO at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Company, an accomplished mooter, a successful Convenor of Moot Court Association (Took NLIU from #23 to #1 on the MPL and retained the…
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Jayantika Ganguly on being a corporate lawyer at AMSS, and Khaitan & Co.
Jayantika Ganguly graduated from WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, back in 2008. She has thereafter worked at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (“AMSS”) for more than three years, and is currently working as a Senior Associate at Khaitan & Co. (“KCo”). We asked her to share her journey from being a…
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Apeksha Mehta on trimester system at NLIU, tips on C.V. and work at LKS
Apeksha Mehta is a graduate from National Law Institute University, Bhopal (Batch of 2014). She has participated in various co-curricular activities and has multiple publications to her name. Her diligence paid off when she received a job offer from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) in her 5th year of law school. Currently, she is working as…
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Vishaka Deshwal on maintaining CGPA, research papers and recruitment at WIPRO
Vishaka Deshwal is one of the most diligent and illustrious scholars of the 2015 batch of NLIU, Bhopal. She has participated in various co-curricular activities and has multiple publications to her name. With such a dynamic profile and her dedication to work, she has recently received a job offer from WIPRO. We asked her to…
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