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I’m looking for some honest, experience-based guidance from people in the legal field.
Background:
Age:turning 21 this year
Degree: BA Programme (Economics)
Graduation: 2027
I do have strong interest in law, especially corporate law
I’m considering preparing for CLAT 2026 to target Top 5 NLUs only
My dilemma is that I’m debating between
attempting a 5 yr LLB from a Top 5 NLU (joining at 22, graduating at 27), vs
not pursuing law at all and choosing a different path like company secretary
I cant go for mba because my profile overall is really cooked
1. DO NOT, I repeat do not think of doing 5 year law at all, it will be a career suicide at your age.
2. If you consider pursuing three year llb, either go for Top colleges like NLS and SLS or consider foreign colleges, sub par three year colleges like Jindal and GLC won't get you anywehre since 3 year LLB is on much lower footing as compared to 5 year law anyway, if you do not have very good connections which can get
3. Company Secretary course will take anywhere from 3-5 years of your life from this point if you start now, excluding the mandatory traineeship, and it not even a sureity that you will clear the exam in the first go.
Real Advice -
being in the profession for 3-ish years I can safely tell you this profession is not here for stay. 5-10 years down the line, almost all work would be automated and AI will eat up most law firm and in-house jobs, therefore having a strong passion itself would not suffice for you to succeed . If you want to have a stable trajectory,either you will have to pivot in some very niche field like AI/fintech, capital markets or legal marketing, or might as well look for alternative career options like finance, tech or marketing.
Tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing 😂😂