Law Education in India
Law is a system of rules that are enforced through social
institutions to govern behaviour. Laws can be made by a collective legislature
or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through
decrees and regulations, or by judges through binding precedent, normally in
common law jurisdictions. Private individuals can create legally binding
contracts, including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept
alternative arbitration to the normal court process.
The formation of laws themselves may be influenced by a
constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes
politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a
mediator of relations between people.
Law / Legal Education are 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.
The education of law in India has been offered by the
various universities and in various academic levels.
The Law as an education offered in India in the year 1987 as
a three-year degree programme granted under the Advocate Act, 1961. The BCI
(Bar Council of India) is the main regulatory body of Law education.
Courses & Career after 12th in Law
Law is one of the career-oriented courses after 12th. In
India, the student can pursue the legal degree after the completion of the
graduation in any discipline. There are the following degrees of legal
education in India.
Bachelor of Laws
(LL.B.) – 3 years:
LLB is the most common degree of law education. The LLB
takes the 3 year as the duration of the course.
Integrated
undergraduate degrees – B.A. LL.B., B.Sc. LL.B., BBA LLB, B.Com LL.B – 5 years
One who wishes to do the integrated course can take the
admission in 5 year integrated programme after the completion of 10+2 exams.
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
– one/two years:
LLM is the master degree in legal education having one or
two-year duration. It has been started in India before 2012.
Master of Business
Law:
The MBL is the master degree in legal education with the
specialization in business law having one or two-year duration.
Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD):
There is a good prospect for PhD after the legal education.
Most of the highly reputed autonomous institution provides the PhD programs.
Integrated MBL-LLM/
MBA-LLM – 3years
One who wishes to do the integrated course with business
specialization can go for the MBL-LLM or MBA-LLM. It is a 3 year degree program
after the completion of the LLB.
Jobs/Career in Law:
Law is very reputed filed for choose as a career. It is a
hard-working and sincere field. A fresher may have to work under the reputed
legal firm or lawyer for initial starting of his career.
India has a great demand of skilled lawyer as per the survey
done by the Bar Council of India. Only 20% of the Indian law students are
eligible to work in court.
A law student can be a public prosecutor, solicitor general
or a part of private legal firms after gaining experience. The law students can
appear the exam conducted by the Public Service Commissions and get the
position of Judge.
A good lawyer can work in ministry, government departments
and various legal advice organizations.
There is a good prospect to work in UK and the US. The law
of India is just similar to the law of UK. The firms and UK government offers
the Indian students to work with them as legal concern.
In order to the
designation, you may be the one out of the following:
- Criminal Lawyer
- Civil Litigation Lawyer
- Legal Analyst
- Document Drafting Lawyer
- Legal Journalist
- Legal Advisor
- Government Lawyer
- Judge
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