Why choose LAW as a career
• Law has always been considered as one of the noble professions.
• Law is also the fundamental of Life & liberty.
• A career in Law is intellectually challenging, financially rewarding & personally fulfilling.
• Law is also about rights, justice & understanding of human behaviour & society.
• And Law as a profession is in great demand these days.
• Due to the changing social and economic circumstances and the ever-increasing regulatory role being undertaken by the government there is a rising demand for lawyers.
• Besides being financially lucrative, Law is an adventurous and exciting career option
What is Legal Profession
• The person in the legal profession is called an Advocate or Lawyer.
• An advocate is an officer of justice and a friend of the court.
• He has to accept a brief for any person/s who comes before the courts.
• He has to collect legal material relating to the case of his client had argue in the courts to help the judges to deliver judgments and also by providing justice to his client.
• An advocate also serves the public by giving legal advice by explaining the complicated and confusing provisions of different Acts and Rules to citizens who seek his service.
• An advocate has to protect the fundamental and Human Rights in addition to propagating them among citizens.
Growth and Opportunity in Law
• In the last few years, the legal profession in India has been growing very rapidly and also there has been a steady rise in the income from the profession and there are plenty of opportunities for Law graduates in these days to grow up in their career and to take up a lot of challenging roles in the field of Law.
Financial status in Law
• The legal profession is one of the most lucrative options in today’s job market. Double-digit growth in recent years has produced healthy revenues and rising salaries. Associates in the nation’s largest law firms start at Rs.150,000 to Rs.180,000, and partners earn average salaries in excess of $1.2 million. Many non-lawyers also reap significant financial rewards in the legal profession.
Diverse fields in Law
• A Law degree gives one the skill to not only be a successful Lawyer, but also a successful Politician, Judicial officer, Police Officer
• A Law degree equips you for almost any profession that required intellectual strength combined with a practical approach to the world.
Other sector apart from Courtroom
• With a Law Degree you can even chose to become a Company Secretary, by taking up the course of Company Secretary as well
• You can practice exclusively in the Taxation field and be a Tax Consultant
• You can take up Administrative services like, Banking sector
• You can become a Law Officer in the quasi/government establishments
Other career option by doing LAW
• You can become an employee in a Private company
• You can even take up exams for Civil Judges
• You can also take up various exams for becoming a Central and State Government officer with Gazetted ranking
• You can also take up a short service in the Indian Army/Navy and Air force
Qualification to enrol into Law School
• You can decide once you have completed your 12 std/ 2nd PUC
• There are a lot of entrance exams conducted by various prestigious institutions around India
• One such entrance exam would be CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
How to chose the best Law School in India
• There are a list of Law schools across India, wherein you can get admission only through CLAT
• In Bangalore there are a couple of law Colleges which conduct their own entrance exams for admission and a few have direct Admission as well
• You have to carefully decide on choosing the best Law college to have the best future in Law
CLAT
• Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)
• By writing CLAT you can get into the best Law schools across India based on your ranking
• If you are based at Bangalore you have a couple of institutes which provide training for CLAT
–Mrs.Kiran Mayee
Advocate, Sr. General Manager Legal – Century Real Estate Holdings Pvt Ltd. email: kiran.mayee09@gmail.com