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Career options

Some of the career options available to a lawyer are:

•Joining the practice
•Joining a law firm which may specialize in litigation or \chamber work or both
•Joining an industry as a law officer. This includes joining a multinational company or even a multinational consultancy    firm or a bank. It has been reported that during the last 3-4 years various multinational companies have hired   around 70 law-graduates with salaries ranging between Rs 20,000 - 30,000 per month from the Law Faculty of Delhi   University
•Joining the Judge Advocate General's office/law cadre of the defense services
•Joining Public and banking sectors where law graduates are recruited as trainees or probationary law officers.
•Opting for a government job. The Government needs law officers, legal advisors and legal assistants to administer   different departments. Further legal professionals are also appointed as public prosecutors, solicitors, deputy or   additional advocates-generals, or advocate-general.
•Joining the state judicial service. Here officers are recruited through a competitive examination. The selected   candidates are appointed as sub-judges or munsifs in law courts or also as chief judicial magistrates.
•Working as freelance journalists and contribute to newspapers or joining a publishing house.