“Law is a noble, honourable and service-oriented profession. It helps ameliorate the society and gives it new direction. No other profession can bring such magnanimous change in society as law,” said Justice V. Eshwariah.
Addressing a gathering of nearly 400 law aspirants at a seminar organised by Sahayata Trust at Salar Jung Museum on Sunday, the former acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court advised students to “become compassionate lawyers with legal, human, ethical and spiritual values.”
“Law may have different folds but it is meant for setting the principles that make the society, upholding the peace and integrity of the system,” he said.
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Lawyers can help unite the society, reunited estranged husband and wife, help solve neighbourhood disputes with their greater understanding of the law and judicial system, he added.
The purpose of the society justice system or law career is to do service to the society, make it communal free and commercial free, he advised while adding that a lawyer can also pursue civil services and do bigger things to serve society. Many of the freedom fighters, too, were law graduates, he reminded the gathering.
Speaking on the occasion, former IAS officer and director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (India) Amir Ullah Khan said the scope for law graduates in the country is huge.
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There is a shortage of nearly 30 lakh lawyers in India. Currently, there are only 15 lakh lawyers against a requirement of 45 lakh lawyers, he said and added that nearly 3 crore cases are pending in Indian courts.
‘Huge scope’
Presenting the various career opportunities in law, Prof. Khan said CLAT and law exams open doors of tremendous opportunities with law as a career. While one can choose to become a lawyer and start practising in court, others unwilling to go to courts can became legal consultants, law writers, or render services as corporate consultants, legislative or constitutional law consultants, etc.
In his presidential address, CEO of Sahayata Trust Syed Aneesuddin said: “The trust is providing CLAT coaching to students, and offering scholarships to students pursuing law courses, particularly CLAT.”