You could be a student in his Senior Secondary immensely confused with the plethora of career options open to you trying to narrow it down to ‘the one’. You could be a person in his 1st Year of Law confused and bamboozled as to what is going on and how to proceed further? You could be a 5th Year Law Student trying to figure out whether to litigate, take up a firm job, be an in-house counsel or choose from umpteen job opportunities.
Simply put, no matter what stage you are at, ‘Law as a Career’ by Tanuj Kalia is a book which will help you get through the aforementioned tumultuous times and thousands of questions with ease. The book is a know-how, do-how for all the law students and even students looking to pursue law.
It aims to quench the thirst in the students after completing their Xth looking at the most up-coming profession in the country by providing the ABC’s and 123’s of the law course. It aims to inform the people, who are not from the legal background, as to what law as a career actually holds for them and the real inside look quashing the myths and providing the ground zero reality. Be it explaining how to prepare yourself for the increasingly tough entrance exams such as CLAT, AILET, etc. or be it ranking the Law Schools on accounts which only a first-hand experience allows – it will guide you through the first and arguably the most important steps while choosing to go in the course and picking the right law school.
If you make it through to a law school, be assured you will have no clue as to what is going on in your life in that elusive 1st year. This is where this book stands out for me. For people who have some prior experience in law school in the form of a known person, life is a bit easier. But for those first timers, it could be a monumental task. The book not only tells you about the do’s and don’ts of the first year but also explains the importance of a number of things so you can shape yourself accordingly. It makes the 1st year a much easier experience and a better planned one overall. Also, the minute details about internships, etc. come a long way helping the freshers as it can solve a lot of their problems.
Be it crafting out the perfect CV or trying to strike hard on those job opportunities and the much warranted PPO’s, the book manages to explain all these effectively and provides a learning curve for even those who are well into the better part of their law courses.
As if this wasn’t enough, even the seasoned seniors in their last years of their courses will not find this a mere memoir of their times at law school but instead would find the book helping them out in an unexpected way. Interviews with some of the most well-known legal-luminaries and a detailed take on what career option you can finally pick and your field and specialization and what not. It will provide the harshest of realities but hey, that’s something which not many can do!
All in all, the book is a complete package which provides something for everyone. Right from a Xth Class student to the 5th Year Student in the top notch Law School. If at any moment you feel you have doubts as to what can a career be in law, if you have ever second questioned your decision to join the law school or if you are still questioning as to what career option to choose at the end of the course, the book answers them all emphatically.
A Must read!
You can buy the book online from Flipkart and Amazon.
This review is made by Yashraj Samant, a student of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.
