Career In Law

India is a country, which is not famous for any of its professions, like other countries, but it is a place, where almost every profession is practised with the same passion and respect. The education is India, is not restricted to any one of the education fields, students have hundreds of options in front of them, which they choose according to their choice and interests. Though all educational subjects and career fields are given due respect and importance, few of the course are there, which are kept on high importance and demand. One of which is career in law, which is said to be the most lucrative and respected profession in any country across the globe.

Law is a profession, which allows its practitioners to attain the position of rulers in the city, state or the country as a whole. Career in the field of law is a synonym of responsibility and intellectuality. A student needs to be very intelligent and a thorough learner to pursue course in law. Concentration, hard-work, sensibility, are the characteristics, which should be implemented by a student in his lifestyle to be able to become a good lawyer. Due to the need of regularisation of companies and its laws, the demand of professionals in the field of law is increasing.

Students, who want to pursue their career in law, can do a BA in LLB (Hons.), after passing their senior secondary examination. The law course is of five years, after which a student has to do internship for an year with a recognised law firm, post which he is allowed to practise his career as a freelancer or work with some other agency. Students can also opt for LLB, after doing their graduation, in any subject, which is a three year course. Different entrance examinations are also conducted for admissions to these courses, by different organisations and institutions, to test the level of students, as in they are fit for the course or not. All Indian examinations test is conducted by National Law School, Bangalore, on the basis of which admissions are given to students in the respective law courses.

Some of the colleges providing courses in law in India, are:

National Law School of India University, Bangalore

National Law University, Jodhpur

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

Gujarat National Law University, Gujarat

Amity Law School, Delhi

Government Law College, Mumbai

Symbiosis Societys Law College, Pune

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata

Hidayatullah National Law University, Rajpur

ILS Law College, Pune

Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai

Students after pursuing their course in law can work in the private as well as the public sector. they are required to register themselves with the state or centre Bar Council, before practising their professions. Some of the career opportunities, which can be opted by a student after completing his studies in the law, are:

Advocates
Public prosecutor
Judges in various courts
Attorney and solicitor general
Legal counsellors or legal advisors
Legal journalists or reporters
Work in the law firms as decision and law makers.
Law teachers or professors in law schools and institutions

A student can choose for specialisation in law, according to his interest, it can be criminal law, civil law, international law, patent law, corporation law, tax law, etc. a student needs to be very much patient for succeeding and growing in his career as a lawyer. Though the remunerations paid are quite high and appreciable, but patience and hard- work is the key to success here.