Brilliant question, I must say. I had same apprehensions when I passed out but there was hardly anyone who gave me a proper guidance (I don’t assure you that I am going to guide you, it would just be an opinion)

1. You should have strong reasons to join litigation. It shouldn’t be the case that you did not bag a corporate/in house job.

2. Litigation is about blood and sweat and it is quite literally. It is mentally very tough.

3. To start with, join a lawyer who has a decent practice and more importantly one who can “teach” his juniors. You may join a senior counsel who has tremendous practice but it would be useless if he gives you no work and you don’t get hang of things.

4. I believe lower courts are very good from learning point of view. You get to understand the intricacies of each stage of litigation.

5. English is the accepted language, verbal and written, across all High courts, so no issues there. You would face issues in lower courts where the documents may be in Hindi or Tamil or any other regional language. (In my case I had troubles because I started practicing in lower courts of Mumbai and I had no clue about Marathi)

6. Good money- Difficult initially, you would be paid a stipend. If you join a firm with good litigation practice, you may get paid well.

In short, do a bit of networking. Get in touch with good lawyers. Don’t worry much about money, it will follow once you have established yourself. Don’t bother about Hindi, it’s way better than Tamil or Marathi. And Delhi is the best place for litigation.

Thank you kind sir, with time and knowledge.

That was perhaps just what I wanted to know. I hope we get to argue against the other in court someday.