HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PSDA ASSIGNMENT

A JOB THAT I’D LIKE TO PURSUE

-yatharth khurana, roll no 13, BBA-LLB, 2nd year

Job description

After my 5-year integrated law course, I will most like join the corporate sector and become a
corporate lawyer. This is the era of corporates. The corporate or business sector has shown
extraordinary growth in the last few decades which has resulted in launching a lot of new career
avenues for people, corporate law being one of the most prominent ones. A corporate lawyer is
someone who guides a company to run within the legal jurisdiction either as in-house or as
consultant or advocate or as a policy maker or researcher or as a Judge. Be it an operational
decision, a new merger, a case against the company, a business deal, a corporate lawyer is
needed to set the parameters right. It is a comparatively new field and hence promises many
opportunities and growth options. This is a very reputed and respected field of law and needs the
candidate to be hardworking, competitive and thorough with Business Law and related areas
such as Financial Law, Compliance, Diligence, Human Rights, Environmental Law, Investment
Law, Insurance Law, IP Laws, Constitutional Law and International Trade Law. I would be
responsible for handling all the legal issues and projects of the firm I am working in. I would
also be responsible for the legitimacy of business transactions and advise our senior
administration on a variety of legal issues such as: -

 compliance issues
 insurance companies claim
 licensed intellectual property,
 real estate,
 mergers and acquisitions,
  budgetary/securities contributions,
 in house counsel, and so on

Responsibilities
 Create an organizational approach towards legal matters.
 Guard organization against legal risks.
 Assist managers and guarantee compliance guidelines and controls.
 Prepare and audit legal reports and other supporting legal documentation.
 Represent the company in legal proceedings. For example - managerial boards, court
preliminaries and so forth.
 Draft all agreements and regulate the deals in an organized fashion.
 Advice corporate officers and employees on legal matters.
 Execute necessary precautions and measures with a specific end goal to shield the
organization from any legal risks.
 Provide extreme confidentiality in all company-related issues.
 Coordinate and negotiate all business transactions.
 Prepare future and current strategies to ensure proper implementation

Educational and Skill Requirement

The diversity of the job requires a strong background in a variety of areas. Corporate law
experience is helpful along with knowledge and general experience in business and the
corporation’s industry. Possession of administrative skills, managerial skills, and negotiating,
writing, interpersonal skills is also of great benefit. Corporate lawyers are employed in a quick-
paced work environment. Meetings with board members and management occupy part of their
time where they are called upon to strategize and offer legal as well as business advice.

 A 5-year or 3-year degree in Law or relevant field from a reputed law school.
 A professional attorney’s license of law practice is mandatory.
 Excellent knowledge of all the corporate law governing the state (securities law,
licensing, tax law, accounting, etc).
 Good oral and written communication skills
 Self-motivated individual with good analytical and managerial skills.
 Excellent attention to detail.
 A critical thinker and good problem-solving ability.
 Strong time management skills.
 Outstanding drafting skills.
 Excellent ability to multi-task.
 Strong negotiation skills.
 Ability to work individually or in a team.
 Negotiating employee contracts
 Preparing and filing government reports
 Reviewing new business relationships with vendors and subcontractors
 Administering training workshops
 Formulating employee handbooks
 Analyzing legal issues relating to proposed products
 Representing the corporation before administrative boards and court trials
 Providing supervision to outside lawyers hired to assist the corporation with their
specialized legal services
 Structuring joint enterprises with other organizations

SWOT Analysis

I have always been a good researcher and have been able to separate the key facts from
useless information. I have also been good with numbers since my childhood and I have good
conversation skills that can be key for client counseling and practicing in any kind of area.
The only area that I think I need to improve is my debating, because that is one key aspect of
being a lawyer and without good debating skills, it is hard to succeed in this profession.
 Action plan

At present, I feel that I should engage myself with law internships. It is a place where higher
education meets employment, that allow students to gain experience working in an
organization while studying at university. They can be paid or unpaid and allow you to work
in an organization for a set period, which could be anything from one intensive week, to
interning once a week for twelve months. The legal profession has many unique experiences
to offer a future lawyer. One way of gaining experience in the legal field is through an
internship. Serving as a judicial intern can have a lasting impression on the direction of ones
career as a lawyer because not only can an internship help you to be a more favorable
candidate to potential employers, it also exposes you to different court processes you would
not get in law school, including the thought processes of a judge and law skills of lawyers. It
will provide me with the first-hand experience in the legal profession and give me a close
look at the day-to-day responsibilities that come with being an attorney. Ideally, I will have
the opportunity to speak with lawyers and pick their brains. I would be able to ask questions
freely and pay attention to how they work. Another benefit of having an internship is gaining
insight into what type of law a student would want to or not want to pursue after graduation
from law school. Seeing how lawyers treat their clients, support staff, their fellow lawyers,
court personnel, and judges will help me prepare for similar interactions when i interview
and go on to begin my career. Simply knowing how to behave in a professional setting will
help ensure that I never stand out for the wrong reasons. Completing a law firm internship
would make me more marketable to employers. They want to see that I have done more than
just attending classes and earning passing grades. Law internship would help me exemplify
my dedication to learning as much as possible about the law, not just in the classroom, but in
the real world.