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People who have changed their practice area, how did you go about it?
2. Dad has a IDT practice, but this is a mundane, boring, dying practice area.
3. I have a CS degree (no articleship exp) , gen corp M&A has plenty of opportunities. Have studied corp & securities law during CS.
4. How do I make the switch, who do I reach out to?
2. Is your Dad running a CA office? If that’s the case, he would have mostly compliance and assessment related IDT matters. These are matters that lawyers generally don’t do. So it all depends upon the nature of work your father is catering to.
3. The effort of the government is to reduce tax litigations. Therefore, you see the amnesty schemes, waiver, etc. Now it does not mean that there are no tax litigation left or will be left. Also, tax litigations are highly technical and if you don’t have a background you may not be able to contribute much.
4. Since you are a CS, it can be assumed that you have taken a conscious decision to perform secretarial work or corporate compliance work. Perhaps you tend to find compliance work less mundane if not interesting. That’s a choice one has. The point is to each his own. Just have fun in your chosen field.
5. When and where did you do your law from? What are your internships experience? A lot will depend upon your CV while applying to firms.
Someone please answer this!