<p>Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that when he was a student of law, it was considered the last option for a degree. Now, things have changed and the profession is highly sought after, the minister said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He was speaking after inaugurating the new campus of the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society’s law college at Visvesvaraya BDA Layout in the city. <br /><br />The profession is moving from traditional areas like criminal law, family law and civil law to super-specialities like intellectual property rights and international trade law, he said. <br /><br />“Globalisation, the changing economy and technology are the factors responsible for the rapidly changing landscape of practising law in our country, creating new opportunities and making the profession desirable among students.”<br /><br />He emphasised that each generation has to be better than the previous one as the standards of excellence are becoming tougher. “Technology is changing everything - the nature of crime, the policies.”<br /><br />Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar also addressed the gathering.<br /><br />A former student of one of KLE Society’s educational institutions, he advised the law students to inculcate a sense of ‘legal social responsibility’. <br /><br />Founded in the 1970s, KLE Society’s law college shifted its campus from Rajajinagar to Visvesvaraya Layout. Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra and others were present.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that when he was a student of law, it was considered the last option for a degree. Now, things have changed and the profession is highly sought after, the minister said. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He was speaking after inaugurating the new campus of the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society’s law college at Visvesvaraya BDA Layout in the city. <br /><br />The profession is moving from traditional areas like criminal law, family law and civil law to super-specialities like intellectual property rights and international trade law, he said. <br /><br />“Globalisation, the changing economy and technology are the factors responsible for the rapidly changing landscape of practising law in our country, creating new opportunities and making the profession desirable among students.”<br /><br />He emphasised that each generation has to be better than the previous one as the standards of excellence are becoming tougher. “Technology is changing everything - the nature of crime, the policies.”<br /><br />Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar also addressed the gathering.<br /><br />A former student of one of KLE Society’s educational institutions, he advised the law students to inculcate a sense of ‘legal social responsibility’. <br /><br />Founded in the 1970s, KLE Society’s law college shifted its campus from Rajajinagar to Visvesvaraya Layout. Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra and others were present.<br /><br /></p>
