The legal profession in India has witnessed numerous changes over the years. Lawyers are no longer confined to the courtrooms where they represent their clients. Legal graduates today work in a variety of settings, including corporations, ITfirms, administrative services, law firms, and corporate houses. While we currently live in an extraordinary world and thousands of people are losing their employment as a result of the COVID outbreak perplexing many students as to the career they should take to ensure their success in such circumstances, Law remains one field that is recession-proof and the demand for attorneys is expected to continue to rise in the future. With the economic downturn, medical crises, police reforms, health-care disparities, and the fragility of small enterprises, competent legal aid will be required in the coming years keeping Lawyers busy in the coming decade.
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” - Confucius.
The phenomenal prospects for law-graduates have fructified, as a range of following (self-employed, or, competitive-placement) avenues have become available:-
- Advocates
- Judicial Officers
- Jurists
- Administrative Officers
- Public Prosecutors
- Law Officers /Advisors in Government
- Semi-government and autonomous bodies
- PSUs
- Banks
- MNCs
- Military (JAG Branch)
- LPOs
- Medico-legal Services
- Legal Experts in Criminology / Forensics, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Labour Law, Corporate Law, IPLaw, IT/Cyber Law, Co-operative Law, Human Rights etc
