I am 53 years old. I want to become a lawyer. Can I pursue law?

Well the answer is gonna be little tricky. It is good to know that you want to become lawyer but unfortunately you decided to too late to do so. The Bar Council of India (BCI) has imposed strict age limit for candidates to pursue LLB course. From now on candidate who are interested in 3 years LLB should not be more than 30 years old. This decision was taken as Bar Council of India felt that candidates from other streams who take LLB later in the career aren't actually serious about it. This serve as major disadvantage to the lawyers hince decided to impose the age limit. By implementing this rule Bar Council of India wants to encourage candidates who want to pursue LLB as their first career choice. This makes you ineligible for the LLB course. Had you decided to give it a thought few years back, there was a chance but now it is absolutely impossible to get a LLB degree which would be recognized by the Bar Council of India. You can check the eligibility criteria below for your satisfaction. Eligibility 1. A graduation degree in any stream from a recognized university. 2. A minimum of 45 percent marks in the graduation course. 3. SC/ST candidates need 40 percent marks. 4. The age limit for LLB course is 30 years. 5. The age limit for SC/ST is 35 years. There is another similar course called BA LLB which is 5 years long and can be taken after completing 12th. However you are not eligible for this course as well since the age limit for this course has been set for 20 years by the Bar Council of India. Now you may have heard about the distance education courses for LLB. Some of the universities to offer these courses are: National Law School of India University Icfai University Annamalai University Directorate of Distance Education Kurukshetra University Directorate of Distance Education Acharya Nagarjuna University Centre for Distance Education Mahatma Gandhi University School of Distance Education Now it is possible to pursue LLB course from these universities in distance education mode. But it is not advisable since these colleges offer Bachelor OF LAw degrees which are not recognized by the Bar Council of India. Therefore while you may obtain a law degree, you won't be able to practice in a court as lawyer.

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