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UTL, DR: Is law a sustainable career in India? For a female and 1st generation with no godfather? If after Law, if I decide to do MBA or UPSC, will it hold any significance?
I am 17, will turn 18 this year. Will pass 12th (PCMB) in march. I am thinking of pursuing law as a career. I am the only one in my family to do so. I come from a family of doctors or army officers. I am good in academics as well. Will score 90+ boards for sure. Was school leader of my school as well.
I am a science student with inclination of arts. Law facinates me. I was not able to prepare well for CLAT exam this year well coz of half yearly and other things. Still scored decent. Confident I can score better. However, parents itna support nhi kar rahe h. As I am a good student and according to them if someone gets nothing- medical, engineering, CA or anything, only then they choose law. Its for ‘failures’. I can convince them but after not receiving support from teachers and family members, I am a bit doubtful.
Edit: I truly like law. Maybe its my naivety but I truly love my country. I understand that our law system is shit. Politicians are shit. Judiciary is shit. But I want to clean this shit. Or at least help in doing so. Justice should not be a luxury but a right. As a female, it grieves me to see our representation being limited to mamta banerjee and wife of Atul Subhash Sir (she doesnt deserve her name to be written). Idk what i can do, but i would have tried my best to make sure women like them face punishment. Idk. I believe India is a big project and I want to be a part of it. Is law right for me?
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UI m in same situation but my mom told me “ki neet main 650+ le ayo fir krlena law”so looking forward that rn and will start preparing from may afterwards there are so many options like u can go to top law firm or any mnc ,just all we have to do is study
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ULaw + MBA candidates are rare and sought after by companies. Law+CPA/CFA/CA even rarer. They do well in corporates as in-house lawyers. Highly sought after as consultants. Legal background does give some advantages in UPSC. Also if you are targeting grade-2 exams such as GST services, tax services etc.
But setting up a legal practice is a long term process and often a nightmare (from what I have seen with my friends). Starting in a district court or a high court without any family background and links could be tough, testing your patience and sanity to its limits. Sexual harassment is not unheard of so that risk is always there. My uncle started as a first generation lawyer in a high court in 2005. He is still fighting it out to make a mark….it was very tough for him to break in to established lawyer family networks. His personal life also suffered a lot.
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UThat real lawyers can tell you.
I have only seen the corporate side of things. First generation lawyers in corporate, especially academically gifted ones have cracked it in life. These are all NALSAR/NLS friends of mine. Some of them are in really high paying jobs in private equity, i-banking and Mumbai based firms like Shardul, Cyril, AZB etc. For litigation, I have seen some of my friends who did LLB from DU and my own uncle….this bunch has struggled in life because of how courts are in the country. You can approach female lawyers with litigation practice on LinkedIn/Insta. They would be very eager to help and are very approachable. Just draft a default message and send them across to 50-100 such people. You will get a good perspective.
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UKuch nhii badlega.. Yeh aisa hi tha, hain aur rahega. Yaha pe ek baar court kacheri ke chakkar mn pado toh zindagi nikal jaati hn. As u are 17 u are starry eyed and ambitious. Yaha pe the judicial system will never come in support of the weak, poor and men bcoz who cares a f***… One person will be squished like a fly by our system. So all the best with your pursuit of cleaning up the system and delivering justice to d weak and marginalized.
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