With an influx of opportunities because of all-round globalization in the law sector, the subject of “Law” today offers promising careers to all aspirants who choose to pursue their Legal Education in India. In addition, opportunities from private sectors are opening doors for law professionals to work with corporate houses, real estate companies, film industry, healthcare and many more industry verticals. Having once completed their graduation, a law student however faces the dilemma of choosing a specialization for his/her masters. Today, when the competition levels are extremely high, it is most advisable to have a master’s degree. And, if you happen to do your PhD, a doctorate in law would definitely put you into another class altogether! But, that isn’t a cakewalk in any way.
To talk of the specializations, know that Law offers several different subjects to choose from as a specialization. Presented below are a few specializations offered within the framework of Legal Education in India that can get you lucrative career prospects in Law:
CIVIL LAW: The subject of Civil Law concerns with the major areas of litigation that include damage suits, guardian disputes, deeds, wills, individual rights and disputes, and many more. Although this specialization comes with great scope for private practice, it also offers excellent job opportunities with government and private bodies.
CORPORATE LAW: The subject of Corporate Law is presently one of the most sought-after specializations in India that offers tremendous opportunities to work for or become consultant to corporate giants in the area of contracts, ordinances, privileges and much more.
PROPERTY & ESTATE LAW: With the boom in the realty business, there has been an increase in the demand for real estate lawyers. Broadly speaking, property and real estate laws covers sale deeds, property mortgage and lease issues, property titles, property conveyance, to name a few. Here, one can also get to work with real estate companies as their employee or legal adviser.
INTELLECTUAL & PATENT LAW: In the wake of all-round globalization, this area of specialization has gained a lot of popularity. Nowadays, top companies and brands are putting in their best efforts to protect their products using the patent and intellectual property rights law. This law generally deals into trademarks, copyrights and more.
TAX & BANKING LAW: With banking, finance and corporate companies hiring specialists in the area for dealing with their finance and tax matters, specialization in tax and banking presents itself as a good idea as well.
CRIMINAL LAW: For those who look for a challenging, exciting and thrilling career in Law, for them Criminal Law is just the right specialization. Marked by great ups & downs when it comes to work, it deals with interacting and interrogating the accused, witnesses, working around forensic reports, post-mortem reports, things found at the scene relating to the crime and more. Here, one chooses private practice or work as a public prosecutor. Though Criminal Law pays well, but it might be quite taxing for some.
And, that’s not all! There are more additions to the list of specializations available in the legal education sector in India, though you need to choose the one that interests you the most and is lucrative as well so that you can carve out a great career graph for yourself.
Asian Law College (ALC), Noida offers B.A.LL.B. and LL.B. course which helps the law graduates to decide their specialization in LL.M. in case they plan to go for higher studies as well as it helps the law graduates to decide on their career specialization in case if they plan to start their professional Journey after graduating in Law.