Law Courses (After 12th/Graduation)- Way to Become a Lawyer Here

Although we have presented you articles on the computer courses after 12 previously. Now we are here with an article on the integrated law courses after 12^th. This will merely clear all the doubts that arises in the mind of the 12^th passed students who want to pursue their career in the law field. This article provides you a proper idea about all the aspects that these courses cover up along with the career prospects and much more. This article basically covers up and sums up all about the law courses or law education after 12^th along with all about law courses after graduation. 

Ways to become a lawyer after pursuing law courses in India-

There are majorly two ways that are described for pursuing law courses or for making career in law sector. 

• One can choose a 5 years long integrated law course after 12^th for creating a career in the law sector.
• Another option available for same is opting 3 years long L.L.B. course after graduation from any discipline.

One may enrol with the bar council of India and can become an advocate after completing law education using any one of the above methods.  After that one can also go for the further studies and can study advanced courses like- L.L.M., M.B.L., M.B.A.

Ways to pursue law courses after 12^th/graduation in India-

As discussed above there are two ways for pursuing law courses- after 12^th or after graduation. Integrated law courses are offered for aspirants who want to pursue law after 12^th standard and L.L.B. courses are offered for aspirants who want to make a career in law sector after graduation from any discipline. 

Law courses after 12^th science/commerce/arts stream-

After proper completion of the 12^th standard from any of the above-mentioned streams one can apply for the integrated law courses with a duration of 5 years. One should check all the details about the integrated law courses to gather a proper idea of the combinations that they can have according to the stream that they were pursuing in the 12^th standard.

Some of the common integrated law programs are-

• B.Sc. (having different specialisation) L.L.B.
• B. Com L.L.B.
• B.A L.L.B.
• B.BA L.L.B.
• B. Tech L.L.B.

You can gather the idea from above that integrated law courses are nothing but a combination of two different courses. One of these is just L.L.B. and another one is selected on the basis of the stream that the students were having or pursuing in the 12^th standard. You can gather various information from google about all these courses more accurately before enrolment.

Law course after graduation-

Another option available for the aspirants for pursuing a career in the law sector is L.L.B. after graduation. Basically, L.L.B. is a postgraduate degree. One should complete their graduation form any discipline and then they can go for the L.L.B. degree having a duration of 3 years.

Now various integrated programs are also available with L.L.B. programs as like-

• M.B.A L.L.B.
• M.Sc. L.L.B.
• M.Com. L.L.B.

Among form these most the programs are new and are not merely offered by many institutes in India this time.

Masters courses as discussed previously are also available after completion of the integrated law courses or obtaining an L.L.B. degree. These master’s degree is like as- L.L.M./M.B.L./M.B.A. etc.

Major entrance exams to watch out for-

Bar council of India is the regulating body of all the law sectors. CLAT stands for common law admission test is a way to get admitted in any of the reputed bar council approved institute. Candidates general English skills, legal aptitude, logical skills etc are basically the parameters that are evaluated through this test. Those aspirants who want to get admitted in integrated law program or L.L.B. program must prepare and get this exam cleared for pursuing these programs. Some of the institutes conduct their own entrance exams to evaluate the legal aptitude and skills of candidate. Aside from this, some of the institutes have a criterion as per the 12^th boards for the entrance. They do so to shortlist the deserving from the mob. Generally, 50% aggregate marks are set in the main subjects as the passing criteria. So, one should always watch out for the availability of the filling of these forms to get to the exams and pursue the law courses after getting the exams cleared.

Skills required for becoming a successful law professional-

Having a proper skill that are eventually required in this field can boost up your career in law sector. Good communication skills along with a good analytical, logical and reasoning skills are very helpful in this sector. Along with this all one should have a quick-thinking ability, will to prove his/her point correctly, confidence, and investigating skills etc. this profession asks for a positive and pleasant personality that enhances one words and action along with the confidence he/she shows on his/her actions.

How to start a law practice after L.L.B./integrated law course?

The main question arising after completion of the courses are what to do next? Or how to practice? So, after completing the courses from a recognised institute one should get enrolled under bar council of India and can start practicing. It is also suggested that one should go for a specialisation after completion of previous courses. These specialisations offered can be done by pursuing L.L.M. degree or other similarly recognised degree such as M.B.L.

For having a job in corporate sector one can also go for the other business-oriented courses such as M.B.A. B.M.S. or can also have a diploma in management course etc. This is helpful as these managerial skills are very helpful in extracting a job in the corporate sector.

It’s not just like that you come up with the L.L.B. degree and got permitted to practice so easily. There are several hurdles that are formed and should be cleared by the aspirants so as to get permitted for practicing in India. Firstly, one should have a proper L.L.B. degree from any recognised institute under bar council of India. And after that the aspirant should have to clear an enrolment qualification process made by the bar council of the state where he/she wants to practice. After all these procedures and formalities, the aspirant will be allowed to practice in the desired state that he/she opted for practicing. 

Career, salary and scope of law sector-

There are plenty of job opportunities present in this field. One can go for private practice after graduation and can start representing clients in courts as well as can appear for cases but this should be only done after enrolment with the bar council of India. But it is always advised to work under a senior lawyer first before going for private practicing as this will enrich one with plenty of experience in this field, experiences matter a lot more than other parameters. After gaining a proper experience while working with the senior lawyers one can go for private practicing and this will be a helpful step in the ladder of his/her success.

Along with the opportunity of private practicing one may watch out for other option in corporate sectors. Corporate sectors need well qualified lawyers to look out at their business stuff. Lawyers are needed by the business firms and corporate houses as they look after various activities such as legal aspects of business, financial transactions along with the taxation that are imposed, also the business and environmental laws etc. After graduation, one may go for job in legal teams belonging to corporate sectors as many of the business firms have a legal team on their board. The work of this team is to give advice to the company as regarding all the legal actions or tasks that the company wishes to take or from which the company suffers.

one can also opt for another career option that is opening a consultancy service. By doing so one can give all legal advice to the variety of clients including normal people to the corporate giants. The salary provided is different for different fields. The lawyer working under a senior lawyer gets a pay of approx. 10k to 20k per month while the another one working for business firms get 30k to 50k paid per month. However, the lawyers working for the government offices are paid according to the pay band that is fixed.

Common job posts that are available are-

• Corporate lawyer
• Criminal lawyer
• Property lawyer
• Legal consultant
• Advocate working for govt.
• Judge
• Advocate with private practice
• Advocate working for law firm
• Research professional
• Lecturer
• NGO/Social activist.

These are the most common jobs that are offered after the completion of the law courses. The work in the field varies as the salary also varies from post to post. As discussed above one should go for the combination or the integrated courses as they are more beneficial and have a vast job opportunity as compared to just L.L.B. If you find the article helpful and informative please do like, share and comment.

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