BackWHAT IS IT ?
The stability and maintainance of law and order in a country depends on an
efficient administration and a fair legal framework.The civil service and law are the most
basic social institutions without which there will be anarchy and no social system can
exist.In every country therefore there is a requirement for experts in the legal and civil
services to have stability in the country.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Law-Law graduates can practice law in court as judges, solicitors, advocates, legal executives , in the defense services as political advisors in business houses or as lawyers representing the government. In today’s world large number of MNCs’ consulting firms are emerging. Lawyers get attractive opportunities to work with them.
Civil Services - The civil services are made up of two sectors the All India Service and the Central Service. The officers in the Central Services serve only the Government Of India they compromise - The Indian Postal Service, The Indian Railway Service, The Indian Foreign Service, The Indian Custom and Central Excise Service, The Indian Defence Estates Service, The Indian Ordinance Factory, Central Trade Service, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Posts of Assistant Commandant in the Central Industrial Security Force, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Information Service and The Indian Revenue Service.
The officers appointed to the All India Services by the Government of India are
placed at the disposal of different states. These services are-(a) The Indian
Administrative Service (b)The Indian Police Service and (c) the Indian Forest
Services.
DETAILS OF THE COURSE
To be eligible for a course in law students can enter after completion of 10+2.
This is a five year course after which one gets a degree of B.A.LLB (Hons)
There is also a three year LLB course for graduates. For post graduation there is a full
time course for two years after which one gets a masters degree of LLM or a one year
diploma course.
The U.P.S.C.(Union Public Service Commission) conducts the civil service examination. A
candidate applying for the civil services must be a graduate from a recognised university
he should be between the age of 21 and 28 and a citizen of India. He can attempt the
examination only thrice.