For many students, becoming a lawyer is a dream right from their childhood and they are groomed right from their childhood to become a successful lawyer in the future. With the increasing number of students turning towards law courses, a number of colleges are offering this course all over India.

Candidates who become graduates in law are getting the option of not only practicing as a private lawyer, but there are other employment opportunities in government as well as private sector organizations for candidates with UG/PG degree in law. The list of government organizations operating in the sector of law is given below:

Government organizations in legal sector:

• National Investigation Agency

• Government Law College

• Ministry of Social justice & empowerment

• National Law University

• Department of law & Legal Affairs of Government of India

In addition to the aforesaid government organizations in legal sector, a number of government organizations belonging to other sectors also appoint candidates for their legal wing (i.e.) to take care of their legal works.

Recent notification for legal positions in Government sector organizations:

Recently some of the government organizations belonging to other sectors, appointed candidates for their legal wing and the names of these organizations with the position for which they issued notifications are given below:

• Legal Assistant – Department of food, civil supplies & consumer affairs, Government of Punjab

• Extension Officer – Legal Affairs – Union Public Service Commission

• Legal Manager – Coal India Limited

• Legal Professionals – Shipping Corporation of India

• Legal Executive – Aakash Institute, New Delhi

• Law Professionals – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

What are the different positions available in Government jobs in legal sector?

Normally lawyers are appointed for different positions in government organizations in the legal sector and some of the positions are given below:

• Legal Assistant

• Legal Counselor

• Law Enforcement Officer

• Judges in courts

• Magistrates in courts

• Prosecutor

• Defense attorney

• Law clerk

Educational qualification required for entering the legal sector of Government Organizations:

The basic educational qualification required for legal sector jobs in Government organizations is that candidates must be Bachelor of Law degree holders. Some organizations require that candidates must be Master’s degree holder in law with some specializations like company law, corporate law, criminal law, etc…

Scope of government jobs in Legal Sector:

If a lawyer gets an opportunity to serve in any government organizations in the law sector, he can gain more knowledge and experience and this knowledge can be used by him in the future to start his own office after retirement or after termination of his job.