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UI looked up [some information on Quora](https://www.quora.com/Is-law-school-in-India-tough), and it looks like the stress of the course itself may be high, but could be managed by studying from law digests or looking through previous year’s question papers. But practicing in court appears to be an extremely exhausting process. It does not look like something a 42 year old like the person I know would be comfortable doing. Also, the seniority issue you mentioned is pertinent. I hear that one needs very thick skin, as there is some amount of ridiculing for small mistakes too. Even the pay is very less. Pursuing software would be a better option.
**Given that there is so much manual work in the legal profession, I do see scope of automation in many areas. I know someone who may have experience in not just software, but also in the design and improvement of interfaces. If lawyers or judges would like to have some automation built into their daily routine, I think that person would be able to do it for a low cost or for free to a certain extent, to gain some expertise in the relevant software.**
UIf screentime is related to reading, the eyes can be kept closed when using text-to-speech software. Screentime related to typing can be done with eyes closed like how I’m doing right now. Typing for programming is different, where one has to constantly look at the code even while typing. Research can be simplified with AI tools that do Retrieval Augmented Generation. May I know what you mean by “grinding through the system”?UGood suggestions. Thank you. This is good advice. He had a look at law schools in Bangalore, and the one good one (NLSIU) offering a 3 year course that had no age limit for LLB, has only 120 seats and he hears it’s very competitive. So it looks like there’s not much of a choice due to age.UDid they first have to work under a senior lawyer for a few years before starting their independent consultancy? Did they have to struggle to find work? I believe in a city like Bangalore, there would be difficulty because there’s good competition. So I assume they’d have had to practice in a tier 2 city? One person on this subreddit said that most lawyers don’t even explain the case properly to the client. If such is the situation, wouldn’t a more meticulous and articulate engineer do well in the legal field?UDo you know the approximate age range at which those lawyers started late? Did they have to work under a senior lawyer first before venturing out on their own to become successful? The thing about the legal profession I’ve noticed is that apart from experience, trust is extremely important. My uncle told me of how some lawyers secretly side with the opponent. My uncle’s trusted lawyer (his relative) deliberately delayed processing a case by lying to my uncle that there were clerical errors or that the summon was delivered to his house but he didn’t receive it. Similar to how many doctors don’t bother going into details to diagnose a patient, even many lawyers don’t go into a sufficient amount of detail. The person I know is meticulous and trustworthy. So won’t that give him a position of advantage in being trusted and in being able to find procedural faults or ways of tackling the case that his opponents may not have thought of? I agree that AI is not good enough yet, but now AI’s are being custom-trained with legal data and it’s only going to get better with time. If any lawyer had an AI that could analyze a case and predict the possible ways in which the opponent might present their argument, and if the AI could show the lawyer various options they could choose, and the probability of success for each those options, don’t you think it would be worth it? There is of course the mental toll that legal work takes. So yes, if the pay isn’t that good, it wouldn’t be worth it.UHe’s ok with workload as long as it does not involve staring at a computer screen for long hours. He’s considering doing the degree from NLSIU, which I believe is a good college. When you mention heavy workload, I assume it’s primarily about researching legal precedents, drafting pleadings, motions, and other legal documents, frequent appearances in court, managing case files, handling correspondence, billing, negotiating with opposing parties and reaching settlements, right? A lot of such work is what he plans to automate using software similar to ChatGPT, speech-to-text and text-to-speech software.But will someone practicing law at the age of 45 be taken seriously and would he have any chance of fighting cases successfully? Won’t he be destroyed in court by experienced lawyers, or does he stand a chance using software algorithm legal research? Technically, he could offer his software services to other lawyers and make a business out of it, but I believe I remember reading something about a law that says that an advocate cannot practice any other business.
UFor the awareness campaign, Airtel’s customer support told me that I can cut the call immediately and re-dial. On re-dialling, the awareness campaign won’t play.UI believe your customer care complaint was an important starting point as proof, but this is scary. There are so many silly companies (and some govt sites) that use the phone number as the means of logging in. Even if a number is not cloned, the number may get re-assigned after a person dies or if the number is not used for a certain period of time. I hope something is done to prevent websites from using the phone number as the way of logging in.UThere are websites where you can ask legal questions. Google it. You can also initially ask ChatGPT to pretend it is a lawyer in India and ask questions, but remember that ChatGPT makes mistskes.
P.s.: I wanted to build a website where people can recommend professionals known to them. If such a website was built, would you pay to use it? What features would you expect and what would you pay?UStill, in the digital age, it is unreasonable to still require so many physical copies and the formalities of tying it with the thread etc. One physical copy would still be reasonable. The rest could just be done as digital copies. Also, such details should be listed out somewhere for people to be able to follow. There’s this blog named Zen Citizen which has recently started providing details of various procedures. Perhaps OP or others on this forum could contribute to that blog or start a similar blog.
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