{"id":977,"date":"2016-04-08T07:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2019-11-13T05:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T05:51:19","slug":"diversification-of-legal-profession-opens-range-of-career-options-for-law-students-says-prof-c-raj-kumar-vice-chancellor-o-p-jindal-global-university-jgu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/04\/08\/diversification-of-legal-profession-opens-range-of-career-options-for-law-students-says-prof-c-raj-kumar-vice-chancellor-o-p-jindal-global-university-jgu\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Diversification of Legal Profession Opens Range of Career Options for Law Students&#8221;, Says Prof C Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Knowledge of law provides the foundation to understand society; Prof C Raj Kumar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Seminar discusses emerging opportunities and interesting career options in the field of Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022As the democratic institutions of India evolve, the country will gradually transition towards becoming a rule of law society; Vice\u00a0Chancellor, JGU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New\nDelhi, April 2016: Most students hold the misconception that studying law is\nsynonymous with cramming statutes and penal codes and offers little interest\nfor people who do not want to make their careers as lawyers. However, for\nstudents who want to study humanities and develop critical thinking in the\nfield, studying law can open their vision to much deeper and wider\nunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCR\nbased O. P. Jindal University today organized a seminar in the national capital\nled by the&nbsp;Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr) C Raj Kumar who is also the&nbsp;Dean\nof the Jindal Global Law School. Talking on the pertinent question \u2018Why Study\nLaw\u2019, Prof Kumar enlightened the attending students about various perspectives\nof law education and the deep intellectual understanding it can bestow on\nstudents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof\nKumar also spoke about the evolution of legal education in India and the\nmultiple career options that students can pursue after studying the subject. He\nsaid the changing nature of the economy and society in the past two decades has\nenabled enormous diversification in the legal profession, which in turn has\nopened up a tremendous range of opportunities for students studying law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast two decades have seen\nenormous diversification of the legal profession. Most lawyers or law graduates\ntoday from the leading law schools actually do not enter into litigation\npractice. Instead, they are pursuing a diverse range of options and\nopportunities that are available for them now, such as working for corporate law\nfirms, trade and investment areas, non-governmental\/inter-governmental\norganizations, human rights&nbsp;organizations,\nthink tanks,&nbsp;research institutions, legal process outsourcing\n(LPOs),&nbsp;working as in-house counsel in companies and corporations both\ndomestic and international. This has opened a range of possibilities for one to\ntake up the&nbsp;study of law. Law helps you to challenge your thought process,\ndevelop analytical skills&nbsp;and negotiate better and actually work for\nthe&nbsp;common interest of the&nbsp;society. Knowledge of law provides the\nfoundation to understand the society,\u201d said Prof Kumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nseminar was attended by a large number of young students, many of whom are\ncontemplating different career options to suit their aptitude and intellectual\nstrengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarlier\nin 80\u2019s, law was not considered a important&nbsp;career option. However, times\nhave changed now in our country for better. I strongly believe that the law and\nthe&nbsp;study of law is to become most prominent and important not only as a\ndiscipline, but also as a career aspiration for young people because India is\nincreasingly becoming a rule of law society, at least there is strong\naspiration to establish&nbsp;a rule of law society. Secondly, we also believe\nthat democratic institutions of India are evolving in a more responsible\nmanner. Increasingly, law and justice will shape the nature of democratic\ngovernance that we are aspiring to achieve,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nsaid studying law not only trains you into becoming a lawyer but gives you the\nintellectual strength and problem solving capacity to excel in any career you\ntake, be it public service, administration, academics, research, business\nenterprise or politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nis&nbsp;important to examine your aptitude before entering into this domain of\nstudy. One must not study law just because his\/her parents were in the field or\nthe profession looks attractive and glamorous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nattending students also interacted with Prof Kumar and asked a number of\nquestions and sought to clear their doubts and apprehensions about the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law\nis a wide and interesting field of study which not only trains students in\ninterpreting statutes but provides them a deep perspective into the evolution\nof human race into civilizations governed by laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studying\nthe subject can equip students to pursue further studies in international\nrelations, business studies, public policy, journalism, political science as\nwell as other streams of humanities. So, if you have an inquisitive intellect\nand want to develop critical and abstract thinking, law is the subject for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge of law provides the foundation to understand society; Prof C Raj Kumar \u2022Seminar discusses emerging opportunities and interesting career options in the field of Law \u2022As the democratic institutions of India evolve, the country will gradually transition towards becoming a rule of law society; Vice\u00a0Chancellor, JGU New Delhi, April <a href=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/04\/08\/diversification-of-legal-profession-opens-range-of-career-options-for-law-students-says-prof-c-raj-kumar-vice-chancellor-o-p-jindal-global-university-jgu\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[25,28],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","tag-jindal-global-law-school","tag-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}