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Law as a Career in India (Revised).
The presentation discusses career options in law for students in India, emphasizing the need for early decision-making and career counseling due to a lack of awareness among first-generation law students. It outlines various career paths available post-graduation, including litigation, academia, and corporate law, as well as the skills and preparations required for success. The document also highlights the importance of internships and practical experience to provide a clearer understanding of career choices in the legal field.
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- 1. LAW AS ACAREER IN INDIA
- 2. Presentation By Maj Gen NilendraKumar Director
- 3. • Legal educationteaches and trains law students to become law professionals .They need to explore and decide their career choice.
- 4. A QUESTION ABOUTTHE APPROACH TO CAREER OPTIONS 1. WHEN TO DECIDE 2. HOW TO DECIDE
- 5. FIRST APPROACH • Howcan I decide what I would like to do ? • Don’t have an idea what all options are there ? • I am the first generation law student ! • What are the applicable laws ? • What are the earnings ? • What will be the quality of life ? • What would be nature of work ? • Whether I will like it or not ?
- 6. •If you holdthis view then no problem. Take your time to ponder and decide.
- 7. SECOND APPROACH • Decideyour career choice by the end of first year • In the next four years , plan your internships • Increase your knowledge base • Develop contacts • Find out about super specializations and decide about LLM to do in what subject ?
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- 9. •While a theoreticalbase and fundamentals must be strong, always strive to learn purpose of the statute then being taught and its practical application.
- 10. NEED FOR CAREER COUNSELLING Placementsin most of the law colleges in India are virtually non-existent. Reason is mainly lack of skill knowledge on the part of students. Also the absence of experts to guide them in this field.
- 11. •There is alsoan impression that it is not for the law faculty to undertake this function. Let the students themselves decide what they want to do.
- 12. THE PROBLEM •There area large number of first generation law students. •They are not familiar with career options.
- 13. WHAT TO DO AFTERLAW ?
- 14. Students are notaware about numerous career options that are open to them after law college. AN IRONY
- 15. CAREER OPTIONS 1. Litigation 2.In-house counsels 3. PG & further studies 4. Judiciary & court officials 5. LPO 6. Academia 7. Due diligence 8. Civil services 9. Law publishing 10.Media
- 16. 11.Entrepreneurs 12.CA & CS 13.Militarylaw 14.Activists (social work , NGO’S , Trusts , Think Tanks and political parties) 15.Law authors 16.ADR practice 17.Legal translators 18.Banking and financial advisors 19.Patent advisors 20.Para legal
- 17. LITIGATION AS A CAREER QUALITIESNEEDED 1. Good communication skills 2. Logical reasoning 3. Fond of reasoning 4. Hard work 5. Good memory 6. Smart presentable 7. Not scared to voice your opinion
- 18. IF ONE WANTSTO GET INTO LITIGATION DECIDE ! If you would like to practice law then , you need to consider following : 1. Type of practice 2. Location 3. Which Court / Tribunal 4. Training under which senior Don’t forget that it takes years for one to establish in law practice.
- 19. OPTIONS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICALCHOICE 1. Mofussil Town 2. District court 3. High court 4. Supreme court 5. Transnational matters
- 20. TYPE OF WORK 1.Criminal 2. Civil 3. Taxation 4. Constitutional 5. Property 6. Environmental 7. Competition law 8. Service matters 9. Family law , marriage , adoption and succession 10. Energy law 11. Labour law 12. Real estate law
- 21. 13. Tele communicationlaw 14. Intellectual property 15. Media 16. Entertainment & Advertising law 17. Military law 18. Immigration law 19. Marine & Shipping matters 20. Consumer affairs 21. Juvenile Justice 22. Human rights 23. Gender issues 24. Space & Aviation 25. Medical & Health
- 22. ALL INDIA BAREXAM • Law graduates need to qualify in the AIBE to be eligible to practice in India. • Above is an open book exam. Yet the failure rate is around 30 %. • Held once a year.
- 23. OPTIONS OTHER THANLITIGATION STATE JUDICIAL SERVICE EXAMS • Usually annual exams • For citizens of India • Practicing advocates or qualified to be admitted as Advocates under the Advocates Act , 1961 • Should not be more than 32-35 years in age
- 24. SIZE OF SUBORDINATEJUDICIARY • Sanctioned strength : 21,320 • Posts vacant : 4937 • Annual intake : 300 As on 30-6-2016
- 25. • Total pendencyin district court in India is 2.7 crore. The large number would involve need for more courts and scope for competent advocates.
- 26. ANNUAL INTAKE Andhra Pradesh34 Assam 49 Bihar 206 Chhattisgarh 30 Delhi 100 Gujarat 55 Haryana 109 Himachal 15 Jharkhand 46 Karnataka 211
- 27. AN ILLUSTRATION •No. ofcourts : 800 •No . of judges : 1508 •Posts filled : 1111 •Deficit : 397 GUJARAT STATE JUDICIARY
- 28. WHAT IS THEPROCESS OF INDUCTION ? a)EXAMINATION ! b)INTERVIEW ! c) MERIT LIST !
- 29. MAJOR PENDENCY DISTRICTSIN GUJARAT • AHEMDABAD • VADODARA • SURAT • RAJKOT
- 30. Delhi Judicial Service •STAGE 1 : Prelim – objective type with 25% negative marking • STAGE 2 : Main examination (written) Viva voice Mode of Entry
- 31. DJS MAIN WRITTENEXAM SUBJECT MARKS GK AND LANGUAGE 250 CIVIL LAW I 200 CIVIL LAW II 200 CRIMINAL LAW 200
- 32. • Viva Voice150 marks Thorough preparation, determination and where needed coaching may help law graduates to crack the exam.
- 33. •Government proposes NationalEligibility Cum Entrance Test NEET like exam to recruit judges in subordinate courts .
- 34. Should you beinterested to work in a law firm or to join a corporate law office , then a list like the one shown here be prepared by you to explore the scope for your absorption there. LAW FIRMS
- 35. SOME OF THEMAJOR LAW FIRMS 1. Khaitan & Co 2. J Sagar Associates 3. Luthra & Luthra 4. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co 5. Bhasin & Co 6. Dua Associates 7. Rajinder Narain & Co 8. AZB & Partners 9. DSK Legal 10. Bharucha & Partners
- 36. 11. Platinum Partners 12.Wadia Ghandy & Co 13. Talwar Thakore & Associates 14. Anand & Anand 15. Vaish Associates 16. Trilegal 17. Nishith Desai Associates 18. Titus & Co 19. Kochhar & Co
- 37. 20. Phoenix Legal 21.Tatva Legal 22. Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan 23. Fox Mandal 24. Link Legal 25. Juris Corp 26. BMR Legal 27. Economic Law Practice 28. Desai & Dewanji 29. Singh & Associates
- 38. 30. MPC Legal 31.Hammurabi & Soloman 32. Gaur & Co 33. HSA Associates 34. Bhasin & Co 35. Majumdar & Partners 36. Kanga & Co 37. Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe 38. Gagrats
- 39. THE START ISNOT LUCRATIVE HOW MUCH WILL I EARN IN THE BEGINNING ? Take home pay and CTC Rs 40,000/- p.m. is the salary by highest paying LPO. Pangea 3 – It is for graduates of top law schools. Average salary at LPO is Rs 15,000/ p.m. Instances are not uncommon where newly enrolled advocates do not get any remuneration in a senior’s chamber.
- 40. IN-HOUSE COUNSELS SECTOR EXAMPLES BankSBI, OBC, HDFC Hotels TAJ, OBEROI, RADDISON Hospitals Apollo, Max, Aviation Air India, Indigo, Jet Airways Insurance LIC , Oriental , TATA AIG Auto mobiles Maruti, Tata Motors, Mahindra Energy SAIL , Coal India , ONGC Corporate Houses Reliance , TATA Sons, Essar
- 41. JAG ENTRY SCHEMEAPRIL 2017 • Vacancies Men : 13 Women : 7 • Age : 21 – 27 years • Indian Citizens • Academic : 55% in three or five year law degree • Method of selection Shortlisting by ADG RECRUITING Two stage selection procedure at Services Selection Board (SSB) Medical screening
- 42. LAW ENFORCEMENT • CBI– Counsels • NIA – Legal Department • IB – Legal Office • Enforcement Dte – Legal Department • Economic Offences Wing – Legal Officers • Police – Public Prosecutors
- 43. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS •There isa separate examination for appointment as public prosecutors in each state.
- 44. THINK TANKS /IGO’S 1. Amnesty International 2. Ford Foundation 3. Aga Khan Foundation 4. Carnegie 5. Vivekananda Foundation 6. ORF 7. RIS 8. Delhi Policy Group 9. ICRIER 10.ISIL EXAMPLES
- 45. UN AGENCIES ANDINTER – NATIONAL BODIES 1. WHO 2. Interpol 3. UNHCR 4. ILO 5. IMO 6. ICRC 7. World Bank 8. IMF 9. ICC 10.ICJ
- 46. THE PROBLEM OF NUMBERS TAKETHE CASE OF GUJARAT
- 47. UNIVERSITIES IN GUJARATFOR LAW DEGREE NUMBER OF LAW COLLEGES AGAINST EACH 1. AURO UNIVERSITY , SURAT - 1 2. BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY - 2 3. GUJARAT UNIVERSITY – 11 4. GNLU - 1 5. HNGU , PATAN - 6 6. KSKVK UINIVERSITY , BHUJ - 1 7. MS UNIVERSITY, BARODA - 1 8. NIRMA UNIVERSITY - 1 9. SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY - 2 10. SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY - 11 11. SOUTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY , SURAT - 5
- 48. • Thus thereare more than 40 law colleges in Gujarat with about 1200 law graduates each year. • There are numerous examples of persons with law degree having excelled in non- law fields.
- 49. DON’T LOOSE HEARTIN CASE YOU ARE NOT INCLINED TO TAKE UP LAW AS A CAREER Wait for the next slide
- 50. LAW STUDENTS WHOMADE IT BIG BEYOND COURTS
- 55. Ten percent ofthe CEOs of the Fortune 50 Companies are attorneys
- 56. Find a careerthat matches your interest Take career counselling !
- 57. WORK SHOULD BEHOBBY NOT A DRUDGERY
- 58. REMEMBER ! • Choosea career where work is your hobby . • Otherwise it would be a big bore .
- 59. CONCLUSION • Law offersa wide variety of fascinating career options. Students are advised to select their choice early and equip themselves suitably.