Law Advocate is a hot career option perused by many after metric. And in order to make the course more convenient and professional an integrated five year course curriculum is designed in form of BALLB.
A law Graduate in order to practice Law in India needs to get oneself registered under the Bar Council of their respective states and within two years after getting oneself registered in the respective State bar council . One needs to clear an entrance test to get oneself registered in All India Bar Council and to practice law throughout the territory of India.
Bar Council of India every year organizes All India Bar Exam twice a year for aspiring law graduates to practice law in India. The Bar Council Of India is a statutory and regulatory body which regulated the conduct of Advocate. It lays down the standard of professional Conduct for advocate and etiquette and by exercising disciplinary jurisdiction over the Bar. It is also charged with the duty protecting the rights, privileges and interests of advocates and through the creation of funds for providing financial assistance to organize welfare schemes for them.
After completion of this five-year degree course young aspirants well versed in different Indian penal local and other enactments start looking for career opportunities both in India and abroad. They have ample of options available after graduating in law both India and abroad.
They can become litigating lawyers, can join some firm, company, LPO, get masters in law, IP attorney, legal advisors in bank, law reporters etc. if one is inclined to pursue career in legal field after getting degree in law from Indian university that’s bit of a dicey situation but the road map is not as difficult as it seems.
One can build career in international law / organizations. Various commissions are there like human rights commission, women and child rights commission. Career opportunity in United Nations Organization as law attorney, IP attorney, Law firms are there and multinational corporations are there too.
But inorder to practice law one needs to get oneself registered by clearing the Bar exam and get oneself registered in the Bar Council of India. Though there is a bit of struggle in the initial years but after putting in the effort required one is able to grab good number of cases and build for oneself good name and reputation in the legal field. There is huge list of eminent lawyers in the country who have made their name solely on the basis of their skill and talent and are earning huge sum money.
One needs consistency and zeal to make a name in the profession but all the hard labour put is worth the result.
