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Life at the bar, senior advocate designation, trial boutiques, public defender offices, and the move from a law firm desk to the courtroom in India and the United States.

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Designated senior advocates: the Supreme Court's revised process and the first list under the new rules

The point-based system is gone, the interview stays, and the full court votes by secret ballot. Twenty-two designations this round, four of them women.

By Arjun Mehta, Legal affairs correspondent

6 min read

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From Big Law to the courtroom: why more associates are leaving for trial boutiques and public defender offices

Fourth-year associates who have never taken a deposition are trading the scale for stand-up work. Boutiques say applications have doubled.

By Meera Iyer, Careers editor

7 min read

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Designated senior advocates: the Supreme Court's revised process and the first list under the new rules

From Big Law to the courtroom: why more associates are leaving for trial boutiques and public defender offices

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