There are various career Opportunities which a student pursuing law needs to know about, which can help them in selecting an appropriate career after graduation. This article will help you in knowing about those career opportunities and in decision-making too.
In India, Legal profession holds an immense significance, as it’s one of the three pillars which are:- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. It’s a reputable field with abundance quantity of work.
For students who are pursuing law, there are many opportunities to look at before getting into one domain of work. It’s suggested to explore and select what is relative to your interests, skills and knowledge.
First, it might appear to you as a stressful decision but the scope of is large in our country. This profession have an impact and purpose in society. There is a high demand for Legal professionals and can result in earning good income too. This is Intellectually full of challenges and requires to have good analytical skills and critical thinking ability too. The importance of this field in society is this is important for justice, preventing the vulnerable and helping business too to navigate in the legal way.
Below written are some good career options for students pursing law to have a deep understanding about:-
- Corporate Lawyer:- Companies hire corporate lawyers who will help the companies to comply with the rules and regulations of their industry. They help in assisting their clients with the legal processes related to company’s formation and management. Corporate lawyers help their clients in reviewing and submitting legal documents related to their issue. They have a duty to check and make sure that the company’s transactions are in compliance with the corporate law. They are the protectors of the company from any legal problems.
- Judicial services:- A judge is an important element in court proceeding who gives the final verdict after hearing arguments on the case from the both sides and evaluate the legal situation of the case. This is one of the most important and respected career in India. There is a state-level exam for judicial services which an aspirant needs to crack to get into the services. They have a significance and social respect.
- Legal Journalist:- If you are skilled enough in writing, than this opportunity of career suits you. The job of Legal Journalist is to attend the court hearings and report the facts directly. They communicate in way of writing articles for publications that could be online in form of blogs, websites and social media and also offline through newspaper and magazines. They have a deep understanding of law and current affairs. They need to have strong communication skills too and this is a unique career for people pursuing law and have an inclination towards journalism too.
- Legal Analyst:- They are responsible for researching and reviewing legal issues and make recommendations too. They assist legal teams and lawyers who are performing research, gathering evidences, preparing legal documents and also helps the lawyers. They are also known as Litigation Analysts and their work varies with the cases they work on. They have a huge responsibility for handling tracking systems and databases while collating, tracking and reviewing important documents. They needs to have researching skills with also deep understanding of the law and analytical skills.
- Legal advisor:- the responsibility of legal advisor is to advising the clients on their legal issues, preventing litigations and taking care of contractual and regulatory problems. Organizations have a high demand to hire legal advisor to prevent legal disputes. They offer advice to upper management of the company and work to solve legal disputes.
- Banking and Insurance sectors:- Organizations including banks and insurance organization tend to appoint a Administrative officer(Law) or Specialist Officer(Law) as they have their own independent legal department. These companies conduct exams and every freshers can also give those exams and on the basis of merit can get an opportunity to work with them.
- Public Prosecutor:- These are the advocates which get appointed by the government who gets selected by the State Public Service Commissions. They get a monthly fixed salary.
- Investigation Agencies:- There are several Agencies like CBI, FBI, ED and state investigation agencies and lawyers. They are always in demand to work in such agencies. They get recruited after qualifying exams.
- Legal Academia:- You can also work as a professor on a contractual basis in an educational University. For this you need to complete the LLM first. The process can vary according to the states.
- Civil Lawyer:- These are the lawyers who work on the guardian disputes, damage suits, wills, deeds, individual rights and conflicts. There are various opportunities to them by both government and private sectors. The remuneration is on the basis of his/her qualifications and experiences.
- Criminal Lawyer:- Criminal law is basically involves the prosecution and defense of individuals who are charged with a crime. They defend their clients accused of crimes.
- Taxation Lawyers:- Tax lawyers are the people who advice their clients on the tax related matters such as filing taxes, understanding the tax code and helping in resolving the tax disputes.
- Real Estate law:- these are the lawyers who provide legal advice and services in relation to selling, leasing and financing real estate. They get a good salary and also in demand.
- International Law:- this branch of law deals with the legal interactions between different countries and their respective governments. In house international lawyers earn more than lawyers specializing in international arbitration and dispute resolution.
- Family Law:- these lawyers works under Family laws such as marriage, divorces, child custody, adoption and much more.
- Intellectual Property law:- These are the lawyers who are specialized in copyright, trademark and patent law. They help their clients in defending their products like books, music and inventions. They get a good salary in India/
- Employment law:- These are the specialists who have an understanding od the various laws that are under the hiring, firing, wages and benefits of the employees. These lawyers are based on the laws related to the employer-employee relationships, which are like wage, hours laws, discrimination and more.
- Environment Law:- As the consciousness of environment protection is growing, the demand for lawyers into this is also increasing. Organizations are looking for skilled lawyers to help them comply with Environmental laws and avoid loss of company. A global concern is environment and that’s a reason of demand.
- Trademark Law Analyst:- companies are hiring for trademark law analyst at a high rate. These are the people who are experts in the distinguishing the goods and services of one enterprises to the other enterprises. They are somewhere connected with IP law which deals with the protection of Trademark, patent, copyright and license.
- Social work:- A law degree can teach you a lot about constitution and build your skills like dealing with difficult situations, flexibility, understanding different point of views, and also having a strong listening and observation skills and most importantly you have an ability to absorb legal information. These will help you in doing social work too.
