Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

The best conversations don’t follow an agenda.

They’re the ones that start in one place and somehow take you somewhere completely unexpected.

This episode started with:

👀 Pick-me teachers
❤️ Student crushes
☕ Work culture
🎓 Law school memories
👩‍🏫 What Gen Z teachers do differently
♀️ Feminism
😂 Classroom stories
📚 What CLAT aspirants keep getting wrong

The best part?

None of it was planned.

Just two recent law graduates, two friends, and a very honest conversation about classrooms, careers, students, and growing up.

Somewhere between the laughs and the rants, we stumbled upon a few surprisingly good insights too.

One of my favourite episodes we’ve recorded on Beyond The Brief.

🎙️ Episode out now.
Link - https://youtu.be/2c6WgerBbh4?si=BRF7p...

What’s one conversation that changed the way you think?

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

I came to Raipur for my LLM final semester exams and ended up doing something completely unexpected.

With some free time on hand, I joined a 6-day cake decoration workshop.

Finished it yesterday.

Today, I joined a resin art workshop.

And honestly, I’ve been so happy.

Somewhere between building Beyond The Brief, learning new skills, and coming home excited to show everyone what I made, I felt like I was back in my childhood summer vacations—when holidays meant joining hobby classes, trying new things, and having fun without worrying about being “productive.”

Turns out, sometimes all we need is a hobby to rejuvenate ourselves.

What’s that one hobby you’ve been wanting to pick up or that workshop you’ve been meaning to join? Let me know below!

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

Does an LL.M. help in litigation?

According to Adv. Krishan Gandhi, the biggest benefit of an LL.M. from a good institution may not be the degree itself.

It's the people, network, and clientele that come with it.

Sometimes, one year in the right environment can open doors that years of practice cannot.

One conversation can change your perspective.
One connection can change your career.

We explored this and much more in our latest episode. Watch the full conversation and tell us, Would you pursue an LL.M. for the learning or the opportunities?

https://youtu.be/-K9J-LZvs2o?si=g7xU5...

#lawyer #lawstudents #litigation #llm #law #careerinlaw #beyondthebrief

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

CLAT aspirants: Don’t rush into internships.

If you have 3–4 months before joining law school, here’s my advice:

Don’t worry about finding an internship just to “stay productive.”

✅ Read judgments.
✅ Learn how LinkedIn works.
✅ Read books about law school.
✅ Pick up a hobby.
✅ Travel.
✅ Spend time with friends and family.

Trust me, once law school begins, you’ll have more internships, deadlines, competitions, and responsibilities than you can imagine.

This might be the last truly free summer you’ll have for a long time.

Enjoy it. Learn from it. Make memories.

#lawaspirants #lawstudents #internships #legalinternship #lawfirm #beyondthebrief

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

For the past 2.5 years, I have been building Beyond The Brief.

If you look at the numbers, the growth hasn’t been extraordinary.

Can I call myself a full-time content creator? No.

Do I want to become one? Absolutely.

Do people know me because of Beyond The Brief? Not many, but those who do almost always associate Beyond The Brief with Rashmi Jain, and Rashmi Jain with Beyond The Brief.

Have opportunities come my way? Not many paid ones, but yes. People appreciate the work. People reach out. People want to collaborate. And every now and then, I get reminded that maybe it is worth it.

Today, I find myself at a crossroads.

I want to work on Beyond The Brief full-time. I want to give it everything I have. But the reality is that I can’t do that yet.

At the same time, I don’t really want to do anything else.

I don’t dream about a different job anymore. I don’t dream about another venture. I think about building this platform, creating meaningful conversations, sharing stories, and spreading legal awareness.

The funny thing is that Beyond The Brief started as a side hustle.

Somewhere along the way, it stopped being one.

It became a part of my identity.

Maybe that’s what building something of your own feels like. Long before it becomes financially sustainable, it becomes emotionally impossible to walk away from.

Not because I’ve made it.

But because I still believe in where this journey can lead.

Here’s to everyone building something they can’t stop thinking about.

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

What does it really takes to succeed in Litigation?


A few things from our conversation with Sr. Adv. Hamida ma’am

• Your coffee might be costing you your litigation career

• Women don’t fall behind because they are treated differently, but because they don’t treat themselves as a person first

• Don’t run behind money in the beginning. Even if it means struggling, work with a good senior. It can make or break your career

• Moot courts are overrated. Visit actual courts

Simple, honest, and straight from experience.
Full episode is out.
https://youtu.be/ZRBPrntZ5RI?si=USmKZ...


#litigation #law #womeninlaw #legalcareer #lawstudents

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

Post-graduation is almost done.
And honestly, beyond the degree, here’s what it actually taught me:

📍How to catch a 6:30 train, reach Raipur by 9, rush to college, get the work done while constantly checking the time, head back to my uncle’s place, log in for WFH, finish work, board the 7 PM train again, and reach home by 10. (During submissions)

📍How to use AI efficiently.

📍How to sound like you’ve done weeks of research yourself.

📍That if you want to pursue post-graduation, either:

go to a genuinely good institute where you’re expected to learn, engage, and grow,

or

choose an affordable college where you simply appear for exams.

📍The worst deal is paying a hefty fee to a mediocre institution that offers neither quality education nor meaningful exposure.

Somewhere along the way, degrees became less about education and more about eligibility criteria for the next exam, course, or opportunity.
And maybe our education system quietly adapted to that reality too.

Still grateful for the experiences, the people, and the lessons outside the classroom because those were the real takeaways.

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

After speaking with 25+ legal professionals, I’ve realized that building your own litigation practice is less about luck and more about preparation.

If you want to establish yourself in litigation, three things must be in place:

1. Financial Backup
Have enough savings to support yourself for at least one year. Litigation can be financially uncertain in the beginning, and patience becomes much easier when your finances are sorted.

2. The Right Senior
Your first senior can shape your entire career. Work with someone who teaches you the craft of advocacy, gives you meaningful opportunities, and helps you grow as a lawyer—not someone who treats you merely as a clerk or munshi.

3. Love for Litigation
Not just civil or criminal law, but litigation itself. In the early years, opportunities will come in many forms. If you genuinely enjoy the process, you will take up every matter, learn from each one, and slowly build your name.

If these three things are in place, the journey may still be difficult—but it will be far more sustainable and rewarding.

What would you add to this list?

Watch our conversation with a first-generation lawyer who is building a successful practice in the courts of Delhi and generously sharing the lessons, insights, and realities of the journey along the way.

Link - https://youtu.be/aBltFL0ZTI8?si=aJctd...

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Beyond the Brief | Rashmi Jain

Are you a civil lawyer or a criminal lawyer?”

If you’re in law, you’ve probably been asked this question a hundred times.

I used to think this is how it works.

Maybe it’s just a myth we’ve been carrying since childhood.
Because even today, people still ask me the same thing.

I once asked a senior advocate:
“Which is better, civil or criminal advocacy?”

He said,
“Advocacy is not a situationship. It needs full commitment.”

That’s when it clicked.

If you love litigation, you don’t get to love it in parts.

Because when you start thinking in boxes too early, especially in law school,
you end up limiting your own learning.

Most of these shifts in perspective don’t come from textbooks.
They come from conversations.

I’ve been lucky to have many of these through Beyond The Brief - Podcast
But you don’t need one. You just need to be open to listening.

Sometimes, one conversation is enough to change how you see your entire career.

What’s one myth about the legal profession you’ve believed at some point?


#law #lawyer #lawstudents #legalprofession #litigation

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