Job roles in law firms

Our society needs law and order for its correspondence. Though the government regulates the law, it needs regulatory officials to represent and advise government agencies, businesses and individuals on legal disputes and issues. A career in law does not mean that everyone has to be a lawyer and appear in a court to win legal battles, but it is to combine the understanding of legal implication and its obligations to various pathways like public, private and voluntary sectors. As a law enthusiast, you must have dynamic research and evaluation skills, so that you can question, interpret or analyze and explain complex information. You must contain the ability to formulate arguments and think laterally to solve problems concisely; you must carry confidence in oral communication and the structure required to daft the formal documents.
Below is the list of Popular Job roles in law profession :

1) Litigation: It is a traditional law career which involves practising law in the courts. The graduates must learn the ropes under a Senior Counsel and qualify a Bar Exam before they join the Courts of Law. In India, Litigation provides a wide range of employment options in both the private and public sectors. It gives an opportunity to specialize in a particular field of law such as Taxation, Constitution, Family, etc.

2) Corporate Counsel: It involves working with a company/corporate entity as an in-house legal counsel. The role is to advise on legal matters related to its business. An in-house counsel is required to draft, vet and negotiate contracts. It is essential for them to ensure and monitor compliance with rules and laws and handling legal disputes. Some examples of private sector involve private banks or private companies or Multinational corporations whereas public sectors involve Government Agencies, Public Sector Undertakings, Public and Nationalized banks, etc.

3) “LAW” Firms: The LAW firms are well-organized business entities which consist of several lawyers working together on the same or different legal contracts. Here, each lawyer is distributed wok to supervise in one element related to the case or contract in hands.

4) Social Work: Law school graduates can join Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) or international organization. NGO requires law graduates to work on social issues like environmental protection, gender concerns, caste discrimination, employment, working conditions, marginalization etc.

5) Judicial Services or Civil Services: It offers a stable government career but requires its aspirants to clear The State Judicial Services Examination which is organized by the High Courts for their respective states.

6) Legal Process Outsourcing(LPO): Legal Processing Outsourcing (LPO) means delegation of core legal functions like making first drafts of cases, compliance work, legal research, etc. to an external counsel. The assigned task has to be completed on the basis of fixed parameters and fixed timelines.

7) Academia: A law graduate can pursue intellectual interests to work full-time work on research projects.

8) Judicial Clerkship: it involves law clerks to work as a legal assistant holding duties which shall differ in courts and in terms of the judge. It provides an experience for students interested in either litigation or transactional work with insights into the workings of the legal system.

9) Media Legal Journalism: in media industries requires lawyers to research and provide knowledge of the government and the legal system. Legal journalism covers legal proceedings in courts, arbitration events, criminal matters, etc. in media firms, layers can work as editors for legal publishing and can take career of law reporting on Tv and newspapers.