Types of Job Profiles in Law, Govt. Sector Legal Jobs, Salary,

Want to pursue a career in Law? Know here the list of job profiles you can pursue after successfully completing the course.

Types of Legal Career

After engineering and medicine, Law is considered to be the most popular career choice in India. It is a known fact that families who have some or another member pursuing law as a profession prefer that their next generation also take up the same career. But, it is not necessary that one can only make a mark for themselves in this profession if they have a family background in law. If anyone talks about a career in Law, anyone quickly associate it with wearing black and white attire and visiting various courts in the city/country. However, this is not the complete scenario; a career in law also gives you an opportunity to pursue a law profile in corporate management, administrative services as well as legal services.

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Below mentioned are some of the job profiles that can also be pursued by a legal professional after completing their course in Law:

Lawyers: Also, referred to as advocates, lawyers mostly represent one of the parties in a trial at court. As part of this job profile, they cross-examine witnesses and thereafter list reasons/facts why the court should give the judgement in favour of their clients. The income of lawyers vary depending upon the type of case they pursue or their negotiation powers.

Legal Advisors: One can also become a legal advisor after studying law. In such a job profile, an individual is expected to counsel clients on legal rights and obligations. Legal advisors mostly research laws applicable to a particular case and thereafter go through previous judgements passed in cases similar to the one their client is currently facing and thereafter help them in listing out how they can defend themselves. The clients can be an individual or a corporate entity. A corporate legal advisor has a responsibility to ensure the daily corporate jobs are done in accordance or in compliance with the prevailing laws applicable.

Judges: As a Judge one has to ensure that justice is administered and legal rights of all the involved parties are safeguarded. They preside over trials/hearings wherein they listen to the case presented by lawyers. An individual can aim to become a Judicial Officer and start preparing for the same while pursuing 3-year LLB or 5-year LLB program. Every Indian state notifies about the judicial officer vacancies separately and conduct the examination as per their norms.

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Solicitors: Solicitors give legal advice and represent their client in legal matters. Solicitors mostly work for firms which take up cases related to their area of work.

Legal Executives: People opting to work in such a job profile typically advise their employers on legal matters. They also work on litigation cases for their firm. They also perform administrative functions along with handling in-house legal problems such as checking deeds, issuing writs, collecting information for affidavits as well as draft legal documents. Legal executives also represent their business house when they discuss legal issues with other firms.

Notary Public: Notaries are appointed by the central government for the whole or specific part of the country. The various State governments also appoint notaries who work for the whole or a specific part of the state. Any person who has been practicing Law (as a lawyer) for minimum ten years is eligible to apply for a notary post. As per the Notaries Act 1952, the function of a Notary is as follows:

• To verify, authenticate, certify or attest the execution of any instrument.
• To administer oath to or take an affidavit from any person.
• To translate and verify the translation, of any document from one language into another.
• To act as commissioner, to record evidence in any civil or criminal trial if so directed by the court or authority.
• To act as arbitrator, mediator, or conciliator if so required.

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Oath Commissioners: Anyone who works under this job profile is authorised to verify affidavits. An Oath Commissioner is appointed by the Chief Justice and is usually (though not always) a solicitor. The functions of an Oath Commissioner are as follows:

• Make sure that the evidence in question is in written form (the draft affidavit).
• Establish that the person before him/her has read the draft affidavit and fully understands the contents.
• Make a person swear that the affidavit is true by raising the appropriate Testament in the right hand and repeating the words of the oath.

Company Secretary + Lawyer: Students are widely pursuing the Law course along with the CS course, as this helps them learn about the various aspects of Law to be used in the corporate sector and eventually help in landing a better place for themselves in the corporate. 

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Chartered Accountant + Lawyer: This is another widespread combination for students to learn the aspects of accountancy while doing Law. This also opens many doors for students as it make them highly reliable by the employers or clients to handle their business and its never ending work.

Salary Structure in each Legal Role

Refer to the table given below to understand what are the growth opportunities and expected starting income in each role after pursuing Law. The salary may vary and depends on individual skills and experience:

Government Jobs After Law

Students can also prepare for the various government jobs after completing their law course. The course does not bar them to sit for various government exams, instead open up opportunities in their respectiv sector for them having a law degree in hand and legal knowledge. Students can give the following government exams after completing their Law course:

• Banking exams (Clerical or PO, conducted by IBPS)
• Civil Services Exam through UPSC  
• Various Railway exams
• Department of Defense (based on vacancies, can be checked through the respective official website)
• Department of Home Affairs
• Various Central Govt. Exams (Army, Air Force or Indian Navy)

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