Law as a career option after 12th
Today 'Law' is one of the best career options
after 12th, if we consider the emergence of National Law Schools, their world
class education and their impressive national and international campus
placements which are growing even more attractive with each passing year. While
the traditional options of joining legal practice or the judiciary as
solicitors and advocates or as judges remain open, options like joining the
civil services, academics and working as law officers in the government
departments and public sector and private sector undertakings are also
available to the law graduates.
However, most impressive are the options thrown open by the
emerging global economy to a graduate from the top law schools in the country.
Emerging options for a law school graduate are as follows:
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International Law Firms
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Indian Law Firms
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Consulting and Advisory Companies
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MNCs and Corporate Legal Departments
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Legal Process Outsourcing (LPOs)
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NGOs and Global Organizations
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Higher Education in World’s Best Universities
Recruiters at National Law Schools:
International Law Firms: Clifford Chance LLP (UK), SJ Berwin LLP (UK),
Allen & Overy LLP (UK and Singapore), Simmons & Simmons LLP (UK),
Herbert Smith LLP (UK), KhattarWong (Singapore), etc.
Indian Law Firms:Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB & Partners, Luthra &
Luthra, Khaitan & Co, Wadia Ghandy & Co., Nishit Desai, Anand and
Anand, Titus & Co. etc.
Companies: ICICI Bank, Hindustan Lever, Tata group, Mahindra, Wipro,
Infosys, Cholamandalam, General Insurance, Xerox Modi Corp etc.
Consulting: McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Ernst & Young.
Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO): Pangea3, Evalueserve, Integreon, CPA
Global, Mindcrest, SDD Global etc.
Other Organizations: United Nations and its agencies, Indian Red Cross
Society, SEBI, Judicial Clerks to the Judges of Supreme Court of India, Action
Aid (NGO), etc.
Educational Opportunities:
Higher Education Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, Cambridge,
Fletcher College, etc.
Scholarships won by Law School Students:Rhodes, British Chevening,
Erasmus Mundus scholarship, etc.
T.I.M.E. launches preparatory course for Common Law
Admission Test – CLAT 2008
From 2008 onwards the ten premier National Law
Schools in the country will admit students into their five year BALLB programs
through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) to be conducted on the 11th of May
2008. The application form for this examination can be downloaded at
www.clat.ac.in.
The CLAT to be conducted on the 11th of May 2008 shall be a two hours, 200
marks objective type paper. There are five test areas viz. English (40 marks),
General Knowledge (50 marks), Mathematical Ability (20 marks), Legal Aptitude
(40 marks), Logical Reasoning (50 marks).
Other major law entrance tests include the entrance tests of
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Symbiosis, Pune
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IP University, Delhi
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Faculty of Law, AMU, Aligarh
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NUALS, Cochin
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LAWCET of Andhra Pradesh
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LAWCET of Kerala
The CLAT coaching offered by T.I.M.E. is designed to cover the entrance pattern
of these exams as well, since the areas of test in these examinations remain
the same.
Our Course Highlights:
For the year 2008 we are offering a crash program in April 2008. The salient
features of our course are as follows
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92+ hours of Classroom Training and Testing with following break up
Legal Aptitude - 20 hours
English - 16 hours
Logical Reasoning - 16 hours
General Knowledge - 12 hours
Mathematics - 12 hours
Doubt sessions - 04 hours
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7 Full Length Mock Tests on the patterns of CLAT and Symbiosis.
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1350+ pages of well researched quality study material comprising 12 Booklets
and over 60 handouts and exercises.
All classes will be conducted by expert faculty members. Legal Aptitude
classes will be handled by alumni of India’s best law schools.
T.I.M.E Centers offering CLAT coaching:
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Hyderabad
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Delhi
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Bangalore
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Kolkata
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Mumbai
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Chennai
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Ahmedabad
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Bhopal
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Lucknow
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Jammu
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Cochin
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Trivandrum
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Bhubaneshwar
Please contact the centers for more information.
For information on the various law entrance exam notifications in 2008
click here
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