CONGURALTION

TO ALL

FOR CHOOSING LAW AS YOUR CAREER

-- B.HARIRAMAN.B.A,LL.M, PG Dip in French Law, PG Dip in HRM,Ph.D (Law)
Associate Professor in Law
Ram Nath Kovind today took oath as the 14th President of India as per
protocol Chief Justice of India J S Khehar had administered the oath
swearing-in ceremony
• FATHER OF OUR NATION M.K GANDHIJI
COMPELETED HIS LAW DEGREE IN 1891
FROM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
LONDON
The First Prime Minister Of India Pandit
Jawharalal Nehru moved to London and
studied law at Inner temple after returning to
India in August 1912, Nehru enrolled himself
as an advocate of the Allahabad High Court
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (MA., Ph.D., M.Sc., D.Sc., L.L.D., D.Litt Completed
Barrister-at- Law 30-9-1920 Gray’s Inn, London Law
P.V. Narasimha Rao was an Indian lawyer and
politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister
of India, from 1991–1996, where he completed
his Master's degree in law at Nagpur University.
Honourable President of India Shri Ram nath Kovind After graduating in law
from a Kanpur college, enrolled as an advocate in 1971 with the bar council of
Delhi he started practicing law. He was Central Government Advocate in the
Delhi High Court from year 1977 to year 1979. Between 1977 & 1978,he
became an advocate-on-record of the Supreme Court of India and served as a
standing counsel for the Central Government in the Supreme Court of India
from 1980 to 1993. He practiced in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court
until 1993.
Honurable Vice President of India Shri .
M Venkaiah Naidu has his bachelor’s degree
in Politics and Diplomatic studies as well as a
degree in Law with a specialization in
International law from the Andhra University.
 UNION CABINET MINISTER WITH LAW
DGREE HOLDERS
•Sushma Swaraj (Minister for Foreign Affairs):
India’s second woman foreign minister and first
woman chief minister of Delhi has her LL.B
degree from the Punjab University in Chandigarh
and has also practiced as a Supreme Court
lawyer.

•DV Sadanand Gowda (Railways): The Union

Minister for Railways has a degree in law from the
Udupi Vaikunta Baliga College of Law.
• Nitin Gadkari (Transport): holds the transport
portfolio in the Modi Cabinet. He holds a
degree in Law from the Nagpur University.

• Ramvilas Paswan: The minister of Consumer

Affairs; Food and Public Distribution is an M.A,
LL.B from the University of Patna.

• Indrajeet Singh Rao (Planning, Statistics and

Programme Implementation): The Minister of
State has an LL.B from the University of Delhi.
• Piyush Goyal (Coal, Power and Energy): The
MoS for Coal, Power and Energy has a degree in
commerce as well as a degree in law.

• Sarbanand Sonowal (Youth Affairs and Sports):

The MoS for Youth Affairs and Sports along with
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has a
degree in law.

• Kiren Rijiju (Home Affairs): B.A, LL.B from the

Delhi University.
• Pon Radhakrishnan (Heavy Industry and
Public Enterprise): Tamil Nadu and currently a
Minister of State, has a B.A and a B.L from the
Madras law College

• Krishan Pal (Road Transport, Highway and

Shipping): B.A, LL.B from the JNU and from
the Meerut University.
Barack Obama- Studied Law at Harvard Law
School

Hillary Clinton-Studied Law at Yale Law School

Nelson Mandela-Studied Law at the University of

Witwatersrand

Fidel Castro-Studied:- Law at the University of

Havana

Tony Blair-Studied: Jurisprudence at St John’s

College, University of Oxford
During 1st Loksabha election 37% of MP's are
having law degrees.

In year 2009 Seventy Five of the 543 members of

the Lok Sabha, Seventy Three of 244 members of
the Rajya Sabha were lawyers.

Politicians having law degree is actually good for a

democracy because it is politicians who makes the
law of the land. If they have knowledge of the law
of the land then it is easy to make changes in the
law for the welfare of the people.
So why most of the successful lawyers succeed in
politics also??
Actually there are many traits common in both in
lawyer and politicians. Both requires debating &
speaking skills, keeping point successfully in front of
others, manipulating the peoples in their own favor,
good writing skills, critically analyzing and arguing on
the matter, courage to speak, criticizing the other side
whether it is doing right or wrong, finding fault on
other side irrespective of how good other side is,
arguing on the basis of evidences, putting point in front
of judges/chair person etc.So due to above similarities
it is easy for lawyer to succeed in politics also. That’s
why we see many politicians are having law degrees.
 Introduction

Legal profession is a fast growing profession.

In these days of globalization and liberalization, it is likely to get further momentum

as more lawyers would be required to handle cases arising out of international trade
and as a result of growing importance of WTO.

At present there are more than 5,00,000 advocates in India and the number is
swelling with 15,000 new enrollments every year.

Lawyers are held in high esteem in a civil society as they render valuable service to
all segments of the society by getting their constitutional and legal rights enforced
through courts-civil or criminal, at all levels of judiciary, that is, Trial Court, High
Court, Supreme Court or Quasi- Judicial Institutions. Persons holding law degree or
other higher legal qualifications have ample employment opportunities in private as
well as public sector .It is their choice whether they opt for service or prefer to
practice as a lawyer.
• Laws are an essential ingredient in the
social fabric of every civilized nation.

• They make the life of the citizens

organised, safe and secure.

• Lawyers are needed to interpret laws and

safeguard the rights of the citizens.

• The job of a lawyer is challenging and also

satisfying.
 LAW EDUCATION IN INDIA

Law / Legal Education is the education

gained by individuals to become legal
professionals or practitioners. The degree
obtained by an individual in this stream can
also be useful in some other fields like in
business, academic or in politics also.

Unlike other forms of professional education

such as Medicine and Engineering , Law
Education is both professional as well as liberal.
It aims at the acquisition of professional skills, if
taken as a professional education. But it can
aim at value-oriented, socio-cultural education if
it is considered as a liberal education.
• The main difference between Law and other social
science subjects is that legal studies are multi-disciplinary
in character. In many law subjects, a scientific
background is not only necessary, but is essential.
Similarly, in many legal subjects, knowledge of finance
and accounts has become essential.

• Law is concerned with governance and therefore, legal

education must be developed upon a sound basis of
multi-disciplinary education.

• India, owing to its rapid development in professional

education, has also provided Law as a hot career option
to its aspirants. The various Law schools and universities
in India offer several academic programs in Law.
 LAW COURSES IN INDIA
• Law courses in India are increasingly gaining
popularity among students both at the
undergraduate and at the postgraduate level. Law
programs are now among the Top ten programs
in India.

• The Legal profession has today become one of the

fastest growing professions all over the world. Besides
being lucrative, it is an adventurous and exciting career.
Lawyers are held in high esteem in every society. There
is a growing demand for Law Professionals everywhere
due to the changing economic and social scenario all
over the world.
 MAIN AREAS
Lawyers may specialise in a particular branch of legal work, such as :-

• Civil Law : This pertains to the private rights of individuals and also to legal proceedings
connected with these rights.

• Criminal Law : This deals with crime or its punishment.

• Labour Law : This pertains to workers, their associations, their usual

conditions, rights and duties. Lawyers in this branch usually have to sort out
problems between the management and the workers.

• Tax Law : This pertains to different types of taxes such as income tax,
commercial tax and indirect tax.

Other branches includes:-

 Family Law, Constitutional Law, Company Law, Excise and Customs Law ,
• Environment Law, Intellectual property Property , Business Law etc......
 COURSE
• The basic qualification required for establishing one in the legal
profession is a law degree. (LLB).
The degree in law can be obtained at two
stages :-
(1) After graduation in any discipline, one can take up a three year
LLB programme from any recognized University by BCI in the
country.

(2) Five year programme after successful completion of +2 or

equivalent examination.
Students from all streams (science, humanities and
commerce)are eligible to apply for this programme and
minimum marks and age restriction prescribed by BCI from
Time to Time
The Masters courses offered by most institutions
and universities include:

• LL.M., J.S.D. (Master of laws/Doctor in Jurisprudential Sciences)

• M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy) Degree
• LL.D. (Doctor of Law) Degree
• Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) Degree (in Social Science subjects)
• M.B.L. (Master of Business Laws) Degree
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law
 Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Law
 Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law etc.........
 If you have LL.B degree you are exempted from
apperaing paepers in Company Secetartyship CS
Examtion conducted by The Institute of Company
Secretaries of India ICSI

LL.B. (Three Years Degree Course / or Five Years

integratedLaw Course) from a recognized University / and
having secured 50% or more marks in the aggregate are
exampted from exampted from apperaing following subjects
in CS exam

1.General & Commercial Law

Module 1, Paper 1)

2.Industrial, Labour & General Laws

(Module 2, Paper 7)
 Law Studies and Civil Services Exam preparation:
Professional Education in Law provides an edge to clear civil
services Examination.

In Prelims and Mains, a good amount of questions are based

on Indian Polity and constitution, which many law students
find to be easy. Education in Law can act as a springboard for
success in UPSC exams.

In UPSC, in Prelims (GS Paper-I), there is emphasis on

administrative law and constitutional law. In the Mains exam,
there are 2 sections. In section A – Law of Crimes and Law of
Torts, while in section B –Law of Contracts, Mercantile law
and contemporary legal developments are asked. So a
thorough knowledge of such topics on law can greatly help
you in scoring a good rank in Civil Services examination.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Lawyers are primarily employed in
the following sectors,

• Government
• Corporate sector
• Media and information services
• Education and training
• Banking
• International bodies
• Non governmental organisations (NGOs)
Job profiles
• Judges
• Solicitors
• Advocates (lawyers)
• Legal executives
• Legal adviser/consultants
• Legal officers
• Legal writers
• Law professors
• Paralegal staff
Legal Practitioner / Advocate / Legal Adviser
Lawyers can work as legal counsel and legal advisers for corporate
sector, firms, organizations, legal persons, individuals and families.
They can work as trustees of various trusts, as teachers, law
reporters, company secretaries and so on.

Additional law qualification along with other degrees offers scope

for a wide range of employment opportunities. One who desires to
become an advocate and practice law as a profession in India must
have obtained basic law degree. He/ she should get himself/herself
enrolled with State Central Bar Council as per provisions contained
in the Advocates Act, 1961. Besides, he/she is also required to
qualify in the entry test recently introduced by Bar Council of India
failing which no one shall be enrolled as an advocate. An
application for admission as an advocate shall be made in the
prescribed form to the State Bar Council within whose jurisdiction
the applicant proposes to practice.
 Government Service
Persons possessing requisite qualifications are recruited for Indian legal service
against various posts– Legal advisers in Department of Legal Affairs and
Legislative Counsel in Legislative Department. These officers can reach the level
of Secretary to the Government of India with the passage of time according to
their suitability.Likewise,

Legislative Counsels are also appointed in official languages Wing of the

Legislative Department . at the state level, too, officers with legal qualifications
and professional qualifications are also appointed against similar posts. However,
designations may vary from state to state.

Besides, Law officers/ Legal advisers are appointed in almost all the
ministries/departments/ undertakings of the Govt. of India and State
Governments. All these posts are generally filled up by recruitment through
UPSC and State Public Service Commissions on regular/ deputation basis. Basic
qualification for all these posts is a degree in law, besides a degree in
Arts/Science/Commerce etc. and professional experience as per the requirements
of each post.
 Government Service Contd...

In addition to that members of Law Commission, Govt.

Advocates, public prosecutors, solicitors, Attorney General,
Advocate general, Notaries and Oath Commissioners as also
legal secretaries in assemblies ,

However, fresh Law Graduates are appointed against non-

gazetted posts generally equivalent to the post of Assistant
in the Secretariat, such as Legal Assistants, Legal/Judicial
Translators etc..

 They are also recruited as commissioned officers in the

legal branches of the Indian Army, Navy and Air force.
They conduct courts of enquiry and court martial of erring
 Judiciary
In the Judiciary, the lowest judicial cadre posts of Magistrate/Munsif
or Sub-Judge are filled up by recruitment through public service
commissions or otherwise under the supervision of the High Court.
Basic qualification for all these posts is a degree in law(professional) ,
the age limit for all these posts is generally 35 years which is relaxable
for special categories as per rules.

A Magistrate presides over criminal court and a Munsif/Sub-judge

deals with civil cases. These officers can become District and Sessions
Judge by promotion and can also be elevated to the office of a Judge of
the High Court and the Supreme Court subject to their seniority and
suitability.
 Judiciary Contd...

Earlier District and Sessions Judges were promoted

from those in service/ selected from amongst the
practicing lawyers but now in most of the states they
are being recruited through competitive examination
conducted by State commissions / High Courts.

staff in higher/lower judiciary/Quasi-Judicial

institutions, Judicial members in CAT, Income tax,
Sales tax, Excise and other tribunals are also
appointed as per rules as and when the vacancies
occur.
 Teaching

Those with good academic record, particularly

holding LL.M, Ph.D degrees or published work of a
high standard, can take up jobs in any University or
Institute offering law courses to students. There is
wide scope for visiting professors as private
universities are coming up in large number and they
prefer such persons because of their eminence and
acumen.
Writing/Editing Law Books/Journals/Reports

If one is familiar with the complexities of law

and the procedure and is in a position to
understand the intricacies of case law and has a
flair for writing he/she is fit to be an author of law
books / legal commentaries and a proper person to
bring out law reports, produce law journals, take
up all other journalistic assignments and compile
law lexicons.
OVERSEARS OPPORTUNITY
How can an Indian lawyer immigrate to Canada?

You will have to apply for the Federal Skilled Workers program via
Express Entry.

To be eligible for the program you need to meet certain requirements:

Age (maximum points for age between 20-29 years).

Education (maximum points for PhD holders)
Work Experience (maximum points for 3+ years of experience)
English/French Language Skills (IELTS maximum points for
Listening: 8.5; Reading: 8.0; Writing: 7.5; Speaking: 7.5.)
Note: There are few more requirements, but most Indians do not get
any points for those (example: Canadian work experience, job offer,
provincial nomination, etc).
Remuneration

As regards remuneration, it depends upon the field a law graduate

chooses.If one gets a job in a Govt.department, or in public sector or in
a university or in any other organization where govt. rules are
applicable he/she will be entitled to get emoluments as per pay scales
prescribed by the Government from time to time. After acceptance of
recommendations of 6th Pay Commission, Govt. servants are getting
handsome salary, say between Rs. 50,000 and one lakh and above
depending on the designation and nature of job. Now multinational
companies and law firms have also started campus selections and have
been offering annual packages between three and four lakhs as per the
standing of the company. However, those who start practice of their
own have to struggle in the early stage but their constant efforts may
help them in reaching any heights and the sky is the limit. Besides , law
reporters, legal journalists, authors, writers and editors associated with
reputed publications as also free-lancers have good earning.
Course Details
One can either pursue a three-year law course (LLB) after
graduation in any discipline or a five-year course after twelfth
standard examinations, leading to a B.A.;LLB (Hons) degree .
Admission to LLB is generally based on percentage of marks scored
at graduation level. However, some Universities/ Institutions like
National Law Schools conduct entrance tests, too. The B.A. LL.B
programme usually covers practical training including court
attendance, participation in mock court proceedings, seminars,
symposiums, conferences on legal subjects / hands on training at legal
aid centers and research projects.

In addition to LLB degree, many universities and institutes also offer

other diploma courses in several disciplines of law. P.G. Programme
in law (LL.M) is of 2 years duration & eligibility is LLB degree. After
completing LL.M Course, one can join Ph.D. LL.D degrees are also
conferred on eminent scholars.
Areas of work related to law
include,
• Politics
• Public administration
• Civil Services
• Information services
• Company Secretaryship
• Human resource management
• Personnel management
• Labour relations
• Broadcasting
 Top 10 Benefits Studying Law:
1. Strong foundation for further/combined academic studies
- Many courses enable students to combine their legal studies with
business or accounting, and by combining law with a range of non-
law degrees, the potential of becoming a powerful and well-
rounded leader is beyond measure.

2. Multitudes of career options

- Other than becoming a lawyer, law graduates are desirable
candidates for various fields such as media and law, academia,
commerce and industry, social work, politics and more. You will
find that studying law can take you just about anywhere.

3. Financial stability
- Obtaining a law degree may not guarantee immediate success or
an exceedingly large amount of money but it’s close. This
professional qualification allows you to enjoy more job security and
higher salary as compared to those without. The rest is up to you.
4. Master critical thinking, strong reasoning and analytical
skills
- The knowledge and skills gained from studying law facilitate
students to analyse both sides of complex situations or
problems and to devise the best solution based on strong
reasoning and critical thinking.

5. The power to make a difference through law

- You may have a strong sense of justice and wish to improve
the defects in the system, studying law offers you the legal
education and qualification to ultimately make that significant
change

6. Respect and prestige

Many law graduates are successful in various industries and
more became world leaders who are highly respected. The job
is not easy but those who uphold justice are most deserving of
respect.
7. Awareness of rights and responsibilities
- Being unaware of rights and responsibilities prohibit you to become the best
that you can be as a fellow human. Studying law allows students to understand
the reasons behind the regulations.

8. Development of self-confidence
- Studying law is an empowering experience. Law students often work in groups
and actively participate in debates or discussions, such environments nurture
good self-esteem and confidence.
9. Better communication skills and high adaptability towards various
career transitions
- Law students develop the ability to argue from a basis of evidence in a way
which can be hard for others to do; this actively cultivates advanced
communication skills, keen problem-solving abilities and the capacity for
independent thinking. As a result, law graduates adapt very well in various
situations or career transitions.
10. An intellectual challenge
- With such compelling benefits, it comes to reason that obtaining a law degree
is not easy. The standards are high and outstanding academic performance is
expected. Studying law is demanding and truly an intellectual challenge. If you
enjoy working your little grey cells, this may well be the biggest benefit of
studying law.