SCOPE OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN INDIA

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    In the present day world, India is a country which has the largest number of professionals in the world. Most of the law students passed belong to India. The law is very far-reaching and it relates to us in some or the other way. Legal education is very vast and provides with a range of professional career opportunities. The scope of legal education has grown with the emergence of new economic policies which has given it, even more, importance.

     

    Mandatory Continuing Legal Education

     

    We are governed by law, and hence, legal education becomes inevitable to us. Hence, it has become the world’s largest and most influential governance in the country. It is very important to ensure that legal education produces lawyers with the vision of social terms. Lawyers are also called as social engineers.

    It scope of legal education in India has changed from some past 10 years. This is because of the upcoming national law universities in many states that have changed the entire scope of the law. Students have to prepare for CLAT to enter into national law universities who want to pursue law.

    The scope of law has widened. It includes policymakers, administrators, law teachers, lawyers and much more. A student pursuing a legal course has many different options to gain academic degrees like bachelor of laws ( L.L B), Integrated undergraduate degrees, master of laws (L. L.M), master of business law, doctor of philosophy (Ph. D), integrated MBL-LLM, MBA-LLM.

    The most commonly practiced law degree, bachelor of laws is offered and awarded by Indian universities as a three-year course. Master of laws is the postgraduate degree of the bachelor of laws.

    Following are some of the good options for those who want to pursue law:

    A practicing advocate:

    This is one of the most commonly done works after law education. It is recommended to the lawyers to opt for court practice as Indian courts do not give a good scope to the newcomers.

    Civil services or judicial services:

    If you dream to be a civil servant, then you can give civil services exam which is almost similar to the law exams. Law students can pursue it in a better way than the other students. Students can also join and work for NGOs and companies. Another option is to enter in an academic line. The good universities are in need of teachers and thus, there is a high demand for good law teachers. India needs a large number of qualified and talented teachers.

    Corporate counselors:

    In the recent times, corporate firms are growing instantly. Thus, the students have a good scope to work as corporate councils with the law firms. These firms pay a heavy amount to fight legal cases and thus providing a lot of scope to the graduate lawyers.

    So, the degree not only allows you to practice law as a lawyer in the courts in civil and crime laws, but also opens up your career options in corporate management, legal services, or in the administration sector.