Guides & Insights
Practical writing on exam strategy, judgment writing, mooting and internships. No motivational filler, no invented statistics: just the things that actually change how you prepare.
How to read a moot proposition without missing the case
How to read a moot proposition without missing the case
Most teams lose a moot in the first week, not the final round. The damage is usually done while reading the proposition: skimming for a story instead of extracting issues, dates and reliefs.
What separates a strong judgment-writing answer from an average one
What separates a strong judgment-writing answer from an average one
Judgment writing is not an essay with legal vocabulary. It is a decision, written by someone who must actually decide, and examiners can tell within a paragraph which one you have produced.
Cold-emailing a litigation chamber for an internship
Cold-emailing a litigation chamber for an internship
Most chamber internships in India are never advertised. They are filled from the inbox, which means the email itself is the application, and most of them are deleted in under five seconds.
The three stages of a judiciary exam, and what each one is testing
The three stages of a judiciary exam, and what each one is testing
Preliminary, mains and viva are not three difficulty levels of the same test. They measure different things, and preparing for all three the same way is why capable candidates stall at one stage.
Building a case-law reading habit that survives a full syllabus
Building a case-law reading habit that survives a full syllabus
Everyone intends to read judgments regularly. Almost nobody sustains it, because the habit is usually designed in a way that guarantees collapse in the third week.
Reading a bare act properly: how provisions fit together
Reading a bare act properly: how provisions fit together
Candidates are told endlessly to read the bare act. Far fewer are told what reading it actually involves, which is why so much bare act reading produces so little.
The last thirty days before prelims: what to stop doing
The last thirty days before prelims: what to stop doing
In the final month the useful question is not what else to study. It is what to stop, because almost every candidate in the last thirty days is doing at least one thing that is actively costing them marks.
Coaching or self-study: an honest way to decide
Coaching or self-study: an honest way to decide
The question is usually posed as though one option is correct. It is not. The useful reframing is what specific thing you are buying, and whether you can supply it yourself.
Legal research skills for your first internship
Legal research skills for your first internship
The research you did for coursework and the research a chamber wants are different activities. The gap is why so many first internships produce a certificate and little else.
These guides reflect our own experience and judgement on exam strategy and preparation, not official guidance from any exam authority. Where a guide references a specific date, provision, or requirement, always cross-check it against the official notification or bare act before relying on it.