Hi readers,

Law is considered one of the languages of society. It is not the road less taken. But people take the law as a career option for making their life ‘stable’ or sometimes adventurous and challenging at the same time. The conventional zone seen post-graduation is pursuing litigation or opting for jobs in the corporate world. 

Why being a lawyer fascinates people

• Provides impression of becoming financially empowering and glamorous.
• Lawyers: drivers of their own life, can live life on their own terms.
• Boosts your creative acumen and has scope for people having original ideas.

Undoubtedly the legal sector in India is growing and expanding, yet facing saturation in the conventional sectors which fail to recognize the fresh talents and skills sometimes, and even if are recruited by any law offices, chambers, or law firms, they are not able to get justified pay for their skills, leading to dissatisfaction amongst them. 

However, certain arena within the legal ambit turns out to be lucrative and prospective as well if are chosen for a long run to showcase your talent and interests in them. Some of them are mentioned herein:

a. Entrepreneurship

What entrepreneurs and lawyers have in common: 

• Leadership
• Foresight
• Research Skills
• Ability to mitigate risks
• Convincing power.
• Self-assessment and striving for improvement. 

Even Ardeshir Godrej, the founder of the Godrej group was a lawyer to start with. Managing directors of Disney, Indigo, Goldman Sachs are all lawyers.

b. Journalist

Why is it better:

• Lawyers possess good communication skills, similar to what a journalist would require.
• No need to train for research and drafting. lawyers do possess such skills.
• The essence of liberal arts has already been taught in the law college. 
• There exist less competition and your understanding of various laws would help you in providing quality work and make you stand out of the rest.'
• You would know how the system works.  

c. Policy analyst

Another uncommon job could be of Policy analyst. The one who actively participates in Parliamentary Debates, interested in policy-making & formation of legislations, this could be apt for them. Subjects like Administrative law, governance, abstract concepts, making sense of the statistics, and interest in impacting the governance and businesses of India, you can consider it a good option. Lawyers are well equipped with various tools and mechanisms of planning and understand legislations or laws that make them fit for the job. 

d. Teachers for competitive exams

being a teacher for competitive examination preparation is quite rare yet very rewarding. If one believes that one has acumen and skills that can help the person in pursuing teaching as a career, one should opt for it. 

e. Content creators

This needs no explanation. India has turned out to be a booming sector for content creators and bloggers, be it in any field. Even Law is no different. Various companies, apart from law firms and lawyers, provide legal services and technology providers that hire content writers. Many PR firms too desire legal content creators for managing branding, public profiles, and websites. Being a legal writer is fairly rewarding, scaling earnings up to INR 50k to 1 Lakh. 

Other possible alternatives could be: Running an NGO, Government services, Indian Army, judiciary, paralegal, or legal outsourcing.

Hope the aforementioned options help. but yes, first begin with the first step and understand your scope of abilities.