Boom for Law Graduates

White collar jobs attract law grads

Fed up with a corrupt system and unwilling to play second fiddle to seniors, young lawyers are turning their backs on the court room and walking into corporate law jobs

Lawyers have always enjoyed a special, if not always flattering, place in our culture. In cinema they are portrayed either as Machiavellian con artists who get the villain off the hook or as die-hard crusaders fighting for justice for the underdog. Big cities and mofussil towns across the country have their share of expensive cars and rickety scooters with ‘Advocate’ emblazoned above the taillights. The very word, lawyer, brings to mind the image of a man togged out in black and white, arguing passionately before a packed-out court room, while the judge thunders ‘Order, order’. The truth, alas, is less glamorous.