@Patootie they take time to make the customizations as per our requirements.. Took 2 days in my case after I filled the registration form.
Yeap, they came back to me. It does look really promising so far. First test next Sunday!
Upsclawoptional.in notes are very average, nothing extraordinary. You cannot substitute them for your books. Dukkis are the bare minimum you need to read, and there is no getting around that.
Some of their notes are extremely outdated. For example, Plea Bargaining notes do not mention the CrPC. Evaluation is okay, quite detailed. However, more emphasis is given on presentation rather than content. I do not get the feeling that the evaluators are updated on recent developments. Quite bookish.
Test series does not have new questions, but only PYQs. PYQs are extremely relevant during preparation; if you can be honest with your prep and do them on time, nothing like it. Otherwise, through their test series, you can cover them.
Lol.
@Patootie Any reviews for chrome ias law optional test series (Ruchika Ma'am)?
Also, if you know about any other institute providing test series for law or any other way to go about answer writing please share the same!
No idea mate.
PYQs are the key, as far as I can understand. Still need to sit and chart out a proper plan.
It's very usual that people start preparing their optional even before there 1st attempt as I have done. And going fr 2 institutes is also very normal. Dnt know why a genuine comment pinched u so much.
I can see upsclawoptional.in has taken away business from many established Institutes.

There r others also here@Joeyisthebest . .. Geography novish advising on law...things r clear...Join hands to save ur businesses.
Students r smart enough to make choices of their own.
This is hilarious. What's a novish?
@Viraj1692 Nirvana does not have online option. I am not preparing for Delhi. any idea about Ambition? Their website seems to be weird!Will see the book once.Thanks for sharing.
Upsclawoptional has Topic-wise PYQs on their website. Pretty decent categorisation.
Upsclawoptional.in review.
Cons:
1. Not responsive.@Reticent can corroborate.
2. The evaluation for the tests that I gave were more or less done within a week. However, no value addition. Comments focused on presentation more than anything else. Draw a chart here, draw a spider web there, improve your handwriting, you get the gist.
3. I needed notes for a few subjects which yield low returns wrt time invested. These notes were not uploaded until yesterday, 2 weeks before the exam.
4. Notes were substandard. For paper 2, a number of modules did not mention section numbers. For eg, the module on Plea Bargaining did not include the provisions in CrPC, the only codified law regarding the same.
5. Notes did not include any case laws whatsoever for most parts of Paper 2.
6. These substandard notes were not uploaded until after an extremely stern and unpleasant conversation.
7. Further, these notes were prepared in a shoddy manner and it is obvious that the content creator was pressed for time. Considering it was done in the past week, most of the content is actually taken verbatim from the first google result. For example, I could match the "Trial by Media" module word for word with a legalserviceindia article which appears as the first google search result.
8. Full Length Tests haven't been uploaded on the portal despite multiple requests.
9. The 5-6 tests I bothered to write, questions were only from PYQs. Except for one question on COVID-19 and Force Majeure.
10. Extremely rude when I criticised them for their shitty service.
11. Extremely high cost. At 18k.
Pros:
1. Constitutional Law and International Law notes are okay if you want to just touch the surface of it. (No alternative to standard books in my view)
2. Good notes on Negotiable Instruments Act. (No case laws for the most part, but my standards are low considering the above cons)
All in all, it left an extremely bitter taste in my mouth. Felt more disappointed than anything else. Would recommend joining a more established institute.
