Professions available to candidates after completing Legal Education

Degree available in legal education
  1. Advocate/Lawyer: An Advocate is the one who have been recognized under Indian law to practise law before any courts of India and is one among those lawyers who pleads cases in court.
  2. Arbitrator/Conciliator: An arbitrator, working independently or as part of a small panel, holds hearings, reviews evidence and renders decisions. These proceedings are very similar to a trial, but more private and less formal. Aspiring arbitrators who choose to prepare for this career by practicing law need to become licensed attorneys once they complete law school. State requirements vary, but licensure is usually achieved after earning a law degree, applying for admission to the state bar association and passing the bar exam.
  3. Civil Lawyer: Civil lawyers represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions.
  4. Constitutional Lawyer: Constitutional lawyers can work as solo practitioners or as members of law firms. Professional duties include conducting legal research, discussing court cases with clients and colleagues, and arguing cases in court before a judge or judges.
  5. Corporate Lawyer: Corporate lawyers work in law firms, particularly large or mid-size firms, where they counsel clients and handle business transactions including negotiation, drafting, and review of contracts and other agreements associated with the activities of the business, such as mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
  6. Criminal Investigator: Criminal investigators usually work for local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies where they question suspected criminals, crime victims and witnesses; look for evidence; and prepare reports about criminal activity.
  7. Criminal Lawyer: Criminal justice lawyers work with individuals accused of a crime and represent their cases in criminal court.
  8. Criminologist: One who studies crimes and those who commit them
  9. Detective: A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crime by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. A detective may work for the police or privately. In India, the Private Investigation agencies are Legal but there is no law to regulate the conduct of such agencies.
  10. Diplomat: A Diplomat is an official whose job is to represent one country in another, and who usually works in an embassy.
  11. Family Lawyer: Family lawyers help manage legal problems between persons with familial relationships. These issues can include paternity, guardianship, juvenile delinquency, emancipation, custody, child support, adoption, and divorce.
  12. Judge: Judges interpret the law, assess the evidence presented, and control how hearings and trials unfold in their courtrooms. Most important of all, judges are impartial decision-makers in the pursuit of justice.
  13. Judicial Magistrate: A Magistrate is a local judicial officer who administers and enforces law in a particular area. He looks after minor cases like petty theft, traffic violations etc.
  14. Jurist: An expert in or writer on law.
  15. Kremlinologist: One who studies about the internal politics of any powerful and secretive organization.
  16. Labour Law Lawyer: Employment lawyers help resolve legal issues between employers and their employees, such as those involving wages, workplace safety, discrimination, and harassment.
  17. Legal Advisor: Legal advisors are lawyers who are employed by the government, large companies and other organisations to provide legal advice and services to the organisation and its employees.
  18. Legalist: An advocate or adherent of moral legalism. One that views things from a legal standpoint; especially
  19. Legist: A specialist in law
  20. Litigator: Litigation attorneys, also known as litigators or trial lawyers, represent plaintiffs and defendants in civil lawsuits. They manage all phases of the litigation from the investigation, pleadings, and discovery through the pre-trial, trial, settlement, and appeal processes.
  21. Mediator: Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects. Typically, a third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate a settlement. Mediation can be used to resolve disputes of any magnitude.
  22. Patent Lawyer: An attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition.
  23. Penologist: An expert in the study of punishment and crime prevention.
  24. Professor / Teacher: A Professor of Law is typically involved in three kinds of activities: research, teaching, and service in form of teaching at Law Schools and Universities.
  25. Prosecutor: The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the government in the case brought against the accused person.
  26. Social Activist: A Social Activist is a person who tries to bring positive change in the Society in the forms of Literacy, Pollution, Women and Child Rights, Animal Rights, Race & Caste Creed etc.
  27. Solicitor: Solicitors act on behalf of and give legal advice to private and commercial clients. Once qualified, solicitors often specialise in one legal area such as family, litigation, property or tax.
  28. Sports Lawyer: A sports lawyer’s job is to act as both a Lawyer and an Agent, representing the legal and financial interests of clients, which include Players, Coaches, and teams.
  29. Taxation Lawyer: Tax attorneys are specialists in federal, state, and municipal rules and policies pertaining to tax liability and the process of taxation as it relates to estate transfers, material and intellectual property acquisitions, income from all sources, and business transactions of all kinds.
  30. Victimologist: An expert in the study of crime victims and the psychological effects of being a victim.

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