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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.
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.
