Law As A Career

In the words of Thomas Jefferson, "The study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. It qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbours, and to the public".

Law as a profession has a great demand these days because of the changing social and economic circumstances and the ever-increasing regulatory role. Law is an adventurous and exciting career option. Lawyers are held in high esteem in our society. Anyone can face a situation in which there is a need for legal advice, in those situations, legal professionals are the ones who can analyse and interpret laws properly.

There are always two sides of everything, one is positive and the other is negative, so legal profession also has some pros and cons. The pros of legal profession are that it gives opportunities to work on variety of legal issues which flies away the boredom and is rewarding in terms of perks as well as respect earned. The cons would include long working hours as the profession is very demanding and one might end up making several enemies.

Law is a career which requires loads of patience and logical skills. It requires lots of hard work and dedication. It becomes easier for freshers if they train under a Senior Counsel in the beginning of their career. A person opting law as a career should consider that great communication skills and capability of critical analysis are requisites for lawyers. Talented lawyers never have to worry about their income. A law graduates have following options to take up as a career.

LITIGATION– Litigators or legal practitioners provide dispute resolution services to their clients by representing them in the courts of law. Legal practitioners handle variety of matters from criminal, civil to commercial cases. They have to get training from their senior lawyers in the start of their career.

CORPORATE COUNSEL– Corporate lawyers handle all transactions on behalf of companies either as a part of their in-house legal team or as part of corporate law firms who have been retained to provide legal services.

JUDICIARY AND CIVIL SERVICES – Exams for judicial services are conducted state-wise. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts a nationwide exam for recruitment to various civil service positions in the Government like Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Foreign Services (IFS), Indian Police Services (IPS), etc.

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP – Law graduates can also put their researching skills to good use by working under judges in various courts by opting for judicial clerkship.

MEDIA AND PUBLICATION– Law graduates can also work towards writing information on legal matters for the public on important legal matters by writing books, by legal journalism, etc. People with an interest for writing, current affairs and politics will find it to be a very satisfying career.

LEGAL PROCESS OUTSOURCING–Law graduates can provide intelligent solutions to overseas clients like document review and support, by working under LPO’s

ACADEMIA –Law graduates have the opportunity to give back to the community by the profession of teaching.

SOCIAL WORK– Lawyers are best equipped for undertaking social work as they are aware of the legal rights and obligation of all strata of society.

Every profession has certain pros and cons. An individual has to decide how and where the theoretical knowledge and skills have to be used.