Career options after completion of Law

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• Career options after completion of Law
• Many students get confused when they think of law
  as their career option. The question that comes
  into their mind is whether we should pursue law
  or not? Majorly, the reason behind such
  confusion is the lack of awareness about career
  options available for a student after completion
  of a law degree. Most of the students have a
  pre-notion about limited mainstream options
  available as their career options after
  graduating in law. Nonetheless, the new avenues
  have widened the scope of career choices and have
  made law the preferred choice of the new
  students. Here are career options that you can
  pursue after completion of law-
• Postgraduate studies from reputed global
  institutions- Studying at the University of
  Oxford or Cambridge is a dream of students. What
  if you can get to do your LLM or MPhil from
  these universities? Once you complete Law, you
  have opportunities to pursue your Masters from
  the worlds top universities and colleges.
  Moreover, law scholars from India are preferred
  by these universities because of the five-year
  integrated courses that are now popular and have
  an exhaustive study pattern. Other than that,
  there are fully-funded prestigious scholarships
  like Rhodes, Commonwealth, etc. which also
  prioritize students who have pursued the law as
  their undergraduate degree.
• Public Policy and Law researcher- If you are a
  person who is intrigued with how the policies
  are formulated in India that helps in governing
  the executive functions as well as other
  societal responsibilities and if you wish to be a
  part of policy making team, then law degree is
  really important. These research centres and
  think tanks that have the responsibility of
  drafting these policies do prefer researchers who
  have a degree in law because of their vast
  knowledge in this area. So, this field is another
  area that is dominated by law graduates.
• Judicial clerkships- Judicial clerkship is a
  contractual position offered by judges of the
  High Court, Supreme Court, etc. The role of the
  judicial clerk is to assist the judge in the
  court with researching, drafting, and other
  routine work. So, a person who is fascinated to
  understand the functioning of the judicial system
  and wants to see the law from the eye of judges,
  can, after pursuing law as an undergraduate,
  avail of this exclusive opportunity.
• Research associates and fellowships- There are
  many research centres that require legal
  associates to work with them. For example,
  project 39-A, Centre for Criminology and
  Victimology, etc. requires research legal
  associates. Students who have an interest in the
  field of research can pursue these jobs.
  Additionally, there are many fellowships where
  legal researchers are required or are preferred.
  Some of the fellowships are the LAMP fellowship,
  Teach for India fellowship, and like. Even the
  Law Commission of India seeks legal researchers
  for their research work that has to be done in
  order to prepare commission reports.
• Others- Other than that, mainstream career
  options like litigation lawyer, corporate jobs,
  In-house counsel, judicial examinations, civil
  service examinations, PSU jobs, lecturer, etc.
  are available for a student to pursue after law
  graduation. However, the new areas are providing
  better career opportunities for lawyers and are
  seeking the attention of students as their
  desired career options.

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Hence, do not be scared to pursue law because
after completing the same, there are plenty of
diverse opportunities available for law students
to choose and select according to their
interests.