Lawyers are the professionals in India who play an important role in various dimensions and in society and they have an education from a law school. There are various legal career options which a student pursuing law should be aware about so then they can have a clarity of what to pursue ahead.
They have many responsibilities. Sometimes they advise their clients and represent them in courts or sometimes they negotiate with other parties when held in a dispute. They act as an important expert of government too on some issues like Education and environment law. This is not the only responsibility they have but have more researching and legal representation in court. Lawyers can work in private practice, Law firms or in government agencies. They can either work for own as a sole practitioner or work in an organization like a firm.
Some lawyers aspires to get specializations like criminal justice, civil litigation and corporate law.
What are some important reasons to choose a law degree:-
- Prestige: – Lawyers hold power and impact in society as they have a decision making ability and good problem-solving capability.
- Salary: – Lawyers make good income and it varies from person to person.
- Challenges:- People who like challenges are a good fit in lawyers as they will get into complex situations many times and not a very simple and common case.
- Argumentative:- There are some people who are so good in debating and keeping their points for them, getting into law is a great opportunity to debate and earn and create impact.
- Good memory:- Lawyers have good remembrance power too which we call as Eidetic Memory.
There are several types of law careers:-
- Corporate Lawyer: – These Lawyers work in-house for a company in an established firm or can be a part of legal department of company. They are specialized in some fields of law like IP Law and Labor Law. They can be found in all the levels of experiences. They represent the company in case when they are trapped by any legal actions. They keep a record of everything a company is doing so as to know if they are not breaking the rules.
- Litigators: – These are the legal professionals who have a specialized take in a courtroom. They fight for their clients which can be a person or an organization, while court hearings and trials. They can be also called as Barrister.
- Public Prosecutors: – These are the lawyers who represent the state and other public entities who are responsible for presenting evidence and prosecuting cases in courts.
- Judicial Services: – They are the legal professionals who work in judicial services of a government and public service organizations. These services includes drafting, hearing cases and deciding on penalties of those cases. These are one of the most respectable jobs in our country holding power, prestige and social responsibility.
- Investigation Agencies: – These agencies multiple times get hired by the organizations to investigate on issues like computer hacking, Employee theft and some other crimes. Legal professionals can work in this field who have a responsibility of collecting and reviewing the evidences, identifying the person who is behind the crime based on the actions they committed.
- Solicitor: – They work for attorneys who represent their clients in legal proceedings. Their work is to draft documents reviewing cases and help to defend or prosecute a client during court appearances. There are many differences between an advocate and a Solicitor. He seeks trade and Contributions. They hold several positions in government and private sectors both.
- Legal Academia: – An outstanding way for those who have a curiosity to learn and want to become qualified of law at each level. This field is challenging, demanding and need to be hardworking to manage.
- Paralegal: – Paralegal is a term which is given to those individuals who work as a legal assistant but they do not have any law degree. These are some of the vital and in-demand positions which can be helpful in choosing a right career path.
- Attorneys: – These are the type of legal professionals who consult with their clients like what a lawyer does but they go more beyond the initial consultations and also representing the client in courtroom.
- Counsels: – These are the legal professionals who have an understanding of law and who get employed by the companies and organizations. They act solely on the behalf of a company or an organization.
- Contracts lawyers: – These are the lawyers whose responsibility is in helping clients and businesses free from the problem related to their contracts. They also sometimes provide advice to agree to and sign a contract or not or sometimes in helping client to combat a contract they have signed already.
- Employment Lawyers: – These are the lawyers who get hired by the company who is having an issue with any employee or in cases where an employee needs their help because of his company. They are basically called for solving the disputes between the company and the employees working in it.
- Family Lawyers: – These are the Lawyers who help solving disputes related to the family problem of their clients. These cases involves cases like taking divorces, fighting for child custody and child support claims. The demand for family lawyers are increasing with time.
- General Practice Lawyers: – These are the lawyers who do not have any one field on working they can consult various cases and clients who are caught up in various legal problem. They defend clients on legal issues and have sometimes special interests but can handle other cases as well.
- Immigration Lawyers: – These are the types of lawyers who help their clients who might have a difficulty in obtaining their visas, green cards or citizenship documents. They are hired in some specific conditions like when there is an issue with a client’s documents or when a client is seeking an asylum from another country.
- Personal Injury lawyers: – These are the lawyers who are responsible for helping clients who might be having sustained injuries, caused by an accident or an injury on company’s property. Where these lawyers have a responsibility of asking for a compensation from someone who have caused the injury.
- Trademark Paralegal: – These are the legal professionals who works for a trademark attorney and who are responsible for helping their clients to file cases for names and logos stealing from their company.
These are some of the fields and scope under the field of Law which every student who are pursuing law and who are dreaming to pursue law needs to know about. Depending on the candidate’s strengths, aspirations and interests they can decide which field to choose to become a legal professionals.
All of them are in demand and have a good scope in India with a lot of social respect, learning and prestige too. Getting into law needs a deep understanding of the constitution and these legal terminologies which we have read above.