Guidance to Junior Advocates to build career in the beginning.
S. Basavaraj, Senior Advocate & Chairman, KSBC Law Academy The problem. The immediate problem of a junior advocate who starts independent practice is meeting his daily/monthly expenses towards ration, fuel, rent, school fee etc.. The mind of a junior advocate is completely immersed in earning whatever he can to take care of these basic requirements. It is impossible for a junior advocate to completely depend on fee to meet his regular expenses. Getting cases and adequate fee is completely unpredictable. Even if juniors get cases in a month, they may get fee towards the cases the next month or even after few months. There are clients who entrust cases to junior advocates on regular basis. Be it cheque bounce cases or money recovery cases or real estate work. Reality. The basic requirement for a lawyer is to have calm mind so that he can focus completely on the work. However, if his mind is submerged in finding means to meet his regular expenses, it would result in d...