chaitri kharod 20 August 2022

private practice

I have completed LLB..
now, I want to do private practice as a lawyer in intellectual property rights without appearing in AIBE..
can I do that???
I don't want to do practice in court but want to open my private office..

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This discussion explores the possibility of starting a private practice in Intellectual Property Law without taking the AIBE exam. It clarifies that while opening a private office is an option, clearing the AIBE is generally required to practice law. Furthermore, the conversation addresses the conflict between pursuing a part-time job in another field and maintaining a legal private practice, highlighting Rule 49 of the Bar Council of India Rules which prohibits simultaneous full-time employment and legal practice.

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Dr J C Vashista (Advocate) 21 August 2022

You may start practice but shall have to clear AIBE

chaitri kharod 21 August 2022

okay...another question..

if I do part time job in another field and then in remaining time , I do private practice in law after clearing AIBE..can I do it??

Dr J C Vashista (Advocate) 21 August 2022

You will have to opt either job or profession.

Profession do not permit simultanious work.

Please read Rule 49 of the Bar Council of India Rules, which reads as:

Under Rule 49 of the Bar Council of India Rules, an advocate shall not be a full-time employee of any person, Government, firm, corporation or concern and on taking up such employment, shall intimate such fact to the Bar Council concerned and shall cease to practise as long as he is in such employment.