CURRENT AFFAIRS - 24/07/2017

Dear Students,

We, Avocat Tutorials are back with our regular GK Current Affairs ("CA") blog especially designed for you and your preparation needs for Law Entrance Exams coming your way. We will regularly update the blog / write fresh as we have enough material on CA to share with you. We would appreciate your comments hereinbelow carrying your feedback and your feel about this blog. 

After all, we are humans who yearn to learn! :)

Here's how it is going to work:

We will give you excerpts on CAs and you will be making detailed notes on the news shared by carrying further research on the internet. You will also be following up these news in the newspapers to add to your notes. Obviously, we will be checking your notes.

1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved sale of government’s 51.11% stake along with management control in HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum) to ONGC. HPCL will continue as PSU after the acquisition.

Brief Background: 

There are only six major PSUs in the oil sector, ONGC and Oil India Ltd being the oil producers, IOC, HPCL and BPCL are in refinery business and GAIL is in midstream gas transportation business. The rest, such as ONGC Videsh, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, Chennai Petroleum Corp (CPCL) and MRPL are subsidiaries of one of these six PSUs. 

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his 2017-18 Budget had talked about creating an integrated oil behemoth. After that oil companies were asked to give their options. ONGC had evaluated options of acquiring either HPCL or BPCL, the two downstream oil refining and fuel marketing companies. It had found that acquisition of BPCL, country’s second-biggest fuel retailer is too expensive. On the other hand, HPCL’s acquisition easier as its market cap is of Rs 58,485.55 crore and buying government’s entire 51.11% stake would entail an outgo of Rs 29,900 crore.

Give your comments on this topic underneath.

2. India will host Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2017, the world’s largest conference on cyber space and related issues in New Delhi in November 2017.

Brief Background:

This is for the first time GCCS is taking place outside Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations. It will be the fifth edition the conference. The theme for the GCCS 2017 is ‘Cyber4All: An Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure Cyberspace‘. The cyber security will be one of the major focus areas in GCCS 2017. It will serve as a platform for the exchange of ideas with global think thanks and promote closer co-operation among the international community.

3. The Union Ministry of Rural Development will launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

More about it: 

AGEY will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport services like e-rickshaws, 3 and 4 wheeler motorised transport vehicles to connect remote villages. These transport vehicles will connect villages with key services and amenities including access to markets, education and health for the overall economic development of the area. The scheme will be implemented in 250 blocks in the country on a pilot basis for a period of 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Under it, Community Based Organisation (CBO) is proposed to provide interest free loan from its own corpus to SHG member for purchase of the vehicle.

Research more on AGEY and this cause.

4. The Lok Sabha has passed The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017. 

We will not be providing any details on this. Research on this and make your notes. We will be checking them. Read the entire background of Right to Education under the Constitution on google and make your notes on this amendment as to what changes does this bring.

5. The Union Finance Ministry has launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 years and above. 

Details:
Under this scheme, senior citizens will get a guaranteed interest of 8% for 10 years depending upon the investment made by them. This PMVVY scheme will be available from May 4, 2017 to May 3, 2018. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been given the sole privilege to operate the scheme. It can be purchased offline as well as online through LIC. This scheme provides an assured return of 8% per annum payable monthly for 10 years on single lumpsum premium ranging from Rs. 150000 (minimum) to Rs.750000 (maximum). Pension (minimum: Rs.1000/ month; maximum: Rs.5000) will be payable at the end of each period, during the policy term of 10 years, as per the frequency of monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, yearly as chosen by the pensioner at the time of purchase. It is exempted from goods and services (GST) tax. It will offer senior citizens more avenues to earn steady regular income at a time of falling interest rates. On survival of the pensioner to the end of the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price of the scheme along with the final pension installment will be payable. The scheme also offers loan up to 75% of the purchase price after 3 policy years (to meet the liquidity needs). Loan interest will be recovered from the pension installments and loan will be recovered from claim proceeds. The scheme allows for premature exit for the treatment of any critical terminal illness of self or spouse.  On such premature exit, 98% of the purchase price would be refunded. On death of the pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price should be paid to the beneficiary.

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GK Update and facts - April 05, 2017

Daily GK Update : 5th April 2017

Important Dates

1. 5th April: National Maritime Day

• 5th April is being observed as National Maritime Day of India every year.
• This day, the country renews its abiding faith in the importance of maritime zone as well as sea route for an all-round development of the nation.
• The National Maritime Day was first celebrated on 5th April,1964.
• On this day in 1919, navigation history was created when the first ship of The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd."SS Loyalty" journeyed to the United Kingdom.

Note:

• India has about 7516 km (Mainland: 5422.6 km and Island Territories: 2094 km) of coastline serviced by a total of 182 ports.

National Affairs

2. National conference on Communicating India to be organized

• Today, a national conference on communicating India has been inaugurated by the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore in new Delhi.
• Telling the India's story to the world, Communicating, via Journalism and Dialogue with Diaspora are three main themes which are outlined for the conference.
• The conference has been organized by ‘the Vivekananda International Foundation’ in collaboration with the India Media Centre, University of Westminster, London, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication with the association of Prasar Bharati.

3. ‘Gunotsav’ program in Assam launched in 8 districts

• The Gunotsav program has been launched in 8 districts of Assam to improve elementary education.
• The districts include Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Barpeta and Kamrup Metro.
• over 9 lakh students in 2,000 schools will be covered under the programme in the next 3 days in the first phase.

4. Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission to go paperless

• The Union government has approved Rs 5.24 crore e-governance project for Himachal Pradesh (HP) under good governance and best practices in India.
• The project approved by the department of electronics and information technology (DEIT), Union ministry of communications and IT.
• Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) is all set to launch e-Governance Project to start paperless functioning, making it the first PSC of the country to do so.

International Affairs

5. Lenin Moreno wins Ecuador presidential election

 

• Lenin Moreno has won the Presidential election after a tight contest with his right-wing opponent Guillermo Lasso.
• According to the country's electoral council, Moreno pocketed 51.16% of valid votes versus 48.84% for conservative challenger Guillermo Lasso, with 99.65% of votes counted.

6. ‘Amazon India’ launches ‘Classroom’ for new sellers

• Amazon India has launched an initiative a virtual training programme "Amazon Classroom" to help teach them the nuances of online selling.
• The program focusses on areas such as order processing, adding products and managing returns that are required to operate a successful online business.
• New sellers can now perform demos of their seller account dashboard through interactive courses at their own pace.

Honours & Awards

7. Dawit Isaak awarded 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

• An imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist ‘Dawit Isaakhas’ will receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
• Isaak was chosen for the prestigious award in recognition of his courage, resistance, and commitment to freedom of expression.
• The Prize will be awarded on 3 May 2017, World Press Freedom Day, to be hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, created in 1997.

Note:

• The prize honors a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger.

Obituaries

8. Noted scriptwriter Ajey Jhankar passes away

 

• Noted filmmaker and scriptwriter Ajey Jhankar (57-years) passed away in a private hospital.
• Hollywood movie ‘Singularity’ by filmmakar, Roland Joffe was based on Jhankar’s novel ‘Drohparv'.
• He was the writer of well-known Marathi novel 'Sarkarnama'.

Sports

9. NHL will not participate in 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

• The National Hockey League (NHL) will not take part in the ‘2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics’.
• It would finalize its 2017-18 season schedule without a Winter Games break.
• The NHL had participated in every Winter Olympics since the 1998 Nagano Winter Games.
• The decision brings an end to years of tense bargaining between the International Olympic Committee, International Ice Hockey Federation and the NHL over the league's continuing participation in the Winter Games.

Note:

• The decision will impact almost every major hockey-playing nation with the Sweden, Finland, Russia, United States and Canadian teams almost entirely made up of NHL players.

10. Indian Premier League 10 to kick off today

• Today, the Indian Premier League (10th) will begin with defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (defending champion) taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the season opener at the ‘Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium’ in Hyderabad.
• Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been appointed the interim captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
• The IPL matches this time will be played over the course of 47 days at 10 different venues, with a total of 60 matches to be played between April 6 and May 21,

Note:

• The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by franchise teams representing Indian cities.
• The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007.

Teams of IPL:

• Delhi Daredevils
• Gujarat Lions
• Kings XI Punjab
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Mumbai Indians
• Rising Pune Supergiant
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Sunrisers Hyderabad

DAILY GK UPDATE SERIES... 31/3/2017

National Affairs

1. India’s biggest river festival 'Namami Brahmaputra' starts today in Assam

• Today, President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated India's largest river festival “Namami Brahmputra“ in Assam.
• The basic objective of the festival is to show case the trade and commerce, culture, skill, industry, and tourism of Assam to the world.
• A festival to be organized across 21 districts in Assam from 31^st March to 4^th April, 2017.

Note:

• Recently, the theme song 'Namami Brahmaputra' composed by Angaraag Mahanta 'Papon' was released in both Hindi and Assamese.

2. Gadkari inaugurates residential facility for child cancer patients

• The Union Shipping Minister “Mr. Nitin Gadkari” has inaugurated a residential facility for child cancer patients in Mumbai.
• The Centre aims to help cancer patients by providing clean accommodation and transport so that there is no fear of any secondary infection.
• This Child Care Centre for patients of Tata Memorial Hospital has been developed by Mumbai Port Trust as part of its corporate social responsibility.

3. Union Govt releases a Postage Stamp on Cub Scouts

• The Union Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha has released a Postage Stamp on Cub Scouts to commemorate the Centenary year of Cub Scouts in India and abroad.
• Cub Scouting is meant for children of age group between 8 to 11 years and Cubbing involves games, stories, play acting, handicrafts and also work through the Star tests and Badges.
• Scouting was developed for youth between the ages of 11 and 17 to engage in activities in public parks, open spaces and wherever they found a suitable place.

4. ‘Kanha tiger reserve’ becomes first in India get official mascot

• The ‘Kanha tiger reserve’ (Madhya Pradesh) has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha" to create a better connection with its visitors.
• The Barasingha or swamp deer is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh.
• The mascot was chosen among four variations by the Madhya Pradesh forest department.

Note:

• The aims of mascot to present the hard ground swamp deer ‘Barasingha’ as the spirit of the reserve and spread awareness to save it from possible extinction.

5. Union Govt. launches Online Film Certification System

• The union Information & Broadcasting Minister ‘M Venkaiah Naidu’ has launched the online film certification system, 'e-CinePramaan' with an aim to the elimination of middlemen and promote clean cinema.
• The new system of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) will make the entire process of certification transparent and efficient.
• This will make the process for films to obtain a certificate fully digital and will include QR Codes to check fraudulent certificates.

Note:

• Now, for short films, promos or trailers of less than 10 minutes, the producer can submit their creations online.

National & International Organizations 

6. Hriday Narayan Dikshit takes charge as UP Assembly Speaker

• Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hriday Narayan Dikshit, (70-years) unanimously elected the speaker of UP legislative assembly.
• Dixit has been the party's spokesperson in the state for several years and was minister for parliamentary affairs and Panchayati raj in the previous BJP government in UP.
• In the recent election 2017, Dikshit is the winner of Bhagwantnagar seat of Unnao district.

7. Sunaina Singh appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University

• Professor 'Sunaina Singh' has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Nalanda University (NU).
• She succeeded ‘George Yeo’ who resigned from the post.
• At present, Sunaina Singh is the vice chancellor of the English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad.
• She will have the tenure of 3 years.

Note:

• Earlier, the University has received a total of 160 applications for the position and six people were called for interviews.

Banking & Finance

8. Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank for UPI-based mobile payment

• Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank to launch its new Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based mobile payment service “Truecaller Pay”.
• It will allow users to send money to any UPI id or a mobile number registered with the BHIM app.
• The non-ICICI bank users can use it by registering on to Truecaller Pay app.

Note:

• Truecaller was developed by True Software Scandinavia AB, a privately held company in Stockholm, Sweden founded by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam in 2009.
• Truecaller is the third-most used app in India.

Sports

9. BCCI to felicitate Indian cricket's 'Fab Five' at IPL opening ceremony

• The IPL Governing Council has decided to felicitate five legends (Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag) during the opening ceremony of the cash-rich league in Hyderabad on 5^th April 2017.
• The former India women's cricketers, who will be getting one-time exgratia payment will be handed over their cheques at their local IPL venue during the matches.

10. Pakistani cricketer Irfan banned for one year for failing to report approach

• Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Irfan has been banned from all forms of cricket for a year and a fine of USD 1000 after he pleaded guilty to failing to report details of two approaches to corrupt the game.
• His ban is effective from the day he was provisionally suspended on 14^th March.
• Irfan has played four Tests, 20 Twenty20 format matches and 60 one-day internationals(ODI), where he grabbed 83 wickets at an average of 30.71.

11. India’s S.V Sunil named Asian Hockey Player of Year for 2016

• In the senior Hockey men's category, Indian forward ‘V Sunil’ has been named the ‘Asian Player of the Year 2016’ by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).
• In the junior Hockey men's category, drag flicker ‘Harmanpreet Singh’ has been named the Asian Promising Player of the Year 2016.
• Sunil played a vital role in India's successful outing at the FIH Champions Trophy in London where the team earned a silver medal.

Note:

• The nominations for the awards were made by coaches across the national teams in Asia
• The criteria of nomination based on the performance for the year 2016.

12. Tamil Nadu beat India 'B' to win ‘Deodhar Trophy’

• Tamil Nadu beat India ‘B’ by 42 runs in the final to clinch the ‘Deodhar Trophy’ at Visakhapatnam.
• Tamil Nadu had scored 303/9 but in reply, India B were bowled for just 261.
• Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu) scored 126 off 91 balls with the help of 14 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Note:

• The Deodhar Trophy is a List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket.
• It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar and is a 50-over knockout competition played on an annual basis.
• The competition was introduced in the 973-74 season and was realigned in the 2015-16 season with the winners of Vijay Hazare Trophy playing two teams India A and India B selected by the BCCI.

Legal Aptitude – the solving

We at Avocat Tutorials hope that our blog is helping all law aspirants better understand problems / issues and to effectively address them. We would love to hear from you. Please leave your feedback in the “comments” section below.

In our previous blog, “Legal Aptitude – the pattern” we tried to highlight the details and significance of the legal aptitude section tested in law entrance examinations, especially CLAT. We discussed areas of law tested, points it carries in CLAT and the kind of questions it envelopes. We continue our discussion about the “problem solving questions”, the issues faced and how to address these issues.

As said earlier, these questions typically contain a rule or a set of rules of law and a fact or a set of facts. Candidates are required to apply the rule(s) to the fact(s) and choose the “best” answer. Let’s now discuss these questions in larger detail.

1. The principle (rule of law)

• These questions contain one or a set of different legal principles / propositions.
• These legal principles correlate to one or a set of facts together or independently.
• Each candidate must assume that the principle is the correct rule of law. Please do not apply any of your legal knowledge that suggests otherwise subject to a few exceptions explained in class.
• The questions that students face on the exam carry a legal principle as shown in the below example:
  Principle: Everybody is under a legal obligation to take reasonable care to avoid act or omission which he can foresee would injure his neighbor, the neighbor for this purpose is any person whom he should have in his mind as likely to be affected by his act.
  In this example, you are given a rule of law / principle which you will apply to a fact to solve the question and pick your answer.
  To understand it better, let’s talk about the fact.

     2.  The fact

• Like the principle, you will be presented with one or set of facts representing a story.
• Spotting the issue
  • The / these fact(s) will represent a situation where your defendant will breach the principle presented. That is your legal issue. “Defendant” is the person who will generally breach the law and be sued in a court of law.
    
    

      3.   Solving the question

To solve this question, you must start by carefully looking at the call of the question. Read the principle(s) and the fact(s). Spot the issue, apply the rule of law and pick your option. Sounds simple? It is, but not so. Let’s continue our above example for better understanding:

Facts: Krishnan, while driving a car at a high speed in a crowded road, knocked down a cyclist. The cyclist died on the spot with a lot of blood spilling around, Lakshmi, a pregnant woman passing by, suffered from a nervous shock, leading to abortion. Lakshmi filed a suit against Krishnan claiming damages. Discuss Krishnan’s liability.

 (a) Krishnan will be liable, because he owned a duty of reasonable care to everybody on the

road including Lakshmi

(b) Krishnan will not be liable, because he could not have foreseen Lakshmi suffering from nervous shock as a result of his act.

 (c) Krishnan will be liable to Lakshmi because he failed to drive carefully.

 (d) None of the above

Let’s try and solve this question.

1. Spot the issue: The issue is whether or not Lakshmi was foreseeable victim.
2. Let’s solve: let’s understand and break the principle:
   • The defendant must take reasonable care to avoid
   • Foreseeable injury to anyone who is more likely than not to be impacted by the defendant’s act or omission.
3. Application of the principle to the fact:

Analyzing as to what happened in our factual story, Krishnan knocked down a cyclist. Because of this incident, Lakshmi (a witness to the incident) suffered an injury.

• Call of the question: What is Krishnan’s liability towards Lakshmi (look at the options presented)
• What was the legal issue? Is Krishnan liable to Lakshmi? Was an injury foreseeable to Lakshmi?
• Now let’s apply the principle to the fact:
  • We agree that Krishnan acted carelessly / recklessly towards the cyclist.
    • According to the principle, the “neighbor” in this case would be ________________.
    • Did he owe a duty of care towards the cyclist? _____.
    • Did he breach his duty? _______.
    • Is Krishnan liable towards the cyclist for his/her injury according to the principle presented? ______
    • Did Krishnan owe a duty of care towards the bystander, Lakshmi? _______.

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Also, please feel free to post any questions / queries in the comments below. We shall be more than happy to answer.

In the next part, we shall discuss:

A detailed explanation of this problem.
What is the meaning of “best” answer?
Some problems faced by students.

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Legal Aptitude – the pattern

Today, legal aptitude is a significantly essential section of all law entrance examinations in India. Talking about Common Law Admission Test (“CLAT”), legal aptitude carries 50 marks out of the 200 and becomes a significant factor in deciding tie-breaking. For the purposes of this article, let’s take a deep look at the areas of law, kind of questions they like to test and the ideal approach to address them.

 Areas of law:

All law entrance exams in India test principally four subjects in legal aptitude, i.e. Constitutional Law, Criminal Law (“IPC”), Law of Tort (“tort”) and Law of Contract (“contract”). The three areas, i.e. IPC, tort and contract mostly carry equal weight age in the number of questions. To understand it better, let’s take a look at the kind of questions they like to test.

Kind of questions they test?

Most exams today, by one way or the other, test legal aptitude questions in two forms. One – they test theoretical questions testing prior legal knowledge and the other in which you must solve a given set of problem. The good thing is that all these questions, in fact the whole test carries only multiple / objective questions with four choices out of which you must choose one.

Questions testing prior legal knowledge:

These questions encompass all the above four areas of law where Constitution requires a special mention. In this area, while you will face questions on all four, i.e. Constitution, IPC, tort and contract. However, maximum of such questions that you will encounter will be based on constitution. The rationale is rather simple, i.e. it is difficult to find and/or form problem solving questions based on constitution. That being said, you will face a far lesser number of problem solving questions based on constitution.

It is pertinent to mention CLAT here whose administrators claim that they will not test these questions. However, the recent trend has shown that they do not keep themselves from testing these questions in the sections of legal aptitude and/or general knowledge under the veil of legal GK.

That takes us to the second type of questions, i.e. problem solving questions that you will have to practice and will be tested upon.

   Problem solving questions

As said earlier, these questions are the second type that gets tested in legal aptitude section of all of the law entrance exams in India.

These questions typically contain a rule or a set of rules of law and a fact or a set of facts. Candidates are required to apply the rule(s) to the fact(s) and choose the “best” answer.

What do we mean by “best answer”? How to approach and solve these questions? 

We will answer all these questions and more in our next blog. Stay tuned. In the meantime, can we ask you to comment on our Face Book post or here (on our website) and tell us how you like this article and blog in general? We promise to be back with the next part very soon.

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Motivating tips to succeed and survive +2 board examinations

Dear Students,
We know that you are immensely pressurized by the board examinations that you are going through right now. We know that many of you know are nervous, while some are confident. Those who are confident, it is essential that you maintain an absolute balance in everything viz your life, other activities as well as your preparation.
For those of you who are nervous, please understand that nervousness is not going to lead you anywhere, rather it will spoil everything for you. The jitters and butterflies will pull your leg when you are about to climb on to the success ladder. Here are some tips for success in your board examinations:

Take a look at this video. Avocat Tutorials has made it especially for you.

• Prepare and follow a proper schedule of your day.
• Allocate your time wisely.
• Mornings are more effective.
• Practice maximum questions.
• Get 8 hours of sleep everyday.
• Take short breaks.
• Prepare key notes / flash cards for revision.
• Get regular exercise.
• Take small, frequent meals.
• Prioritize your activities.
• Power naps work wonders

Career of law - an insight

The career of law:

You might have been asking yourself or others, "Why at all choose a career of law?" or "What's good about career of law?" or "Why is dad after my life to go to law school?" or "Are these career counselors crazy, or do law schools pay these counselors commission?" Lets find out...

WHY LAW? - A million dollar question.

I wouldn't say that these questions are wrong when they come to your mind. In fact, congratulations, you are thinking! That's sign of a great lawyer to start with. I know you might have grown up seeing lawyers as black and white ghosts in those bollywood movies squeaking "objection mee lord". Surprise, surprise! today's reality is far different. Modern era lawyers are not "the" traditional black and white clowns. They run law firms, stand at the heart of corporate world by flowing business transactions. Thanks to globalization leading to evolution of business law. 

Lawyers are self-dependent thinkers, innovators, creators and leaders. They possess the ability to self - interpret, read the un-written and hear the un-said. It is easy, they say apply common sense and you are a great lawyer. After all, they also say, common - sense is relatively un - common. Please don't ask who is / are "they"! 

Here is more interesting stuff... Today's business lawyers function great at corporate level, whereas MBAs do not often have a lawyer's brains. Moreover, lawyering a lot of fun. OK, I aint talking about the portrayal in Boston Legals, but if you like to challenge yourself, then lawyering is meant for you! Tasks such as legally negotiating a $100 million business contract that you have drafted for your client, prosecuting an accused in a court of law, defending a client, arbitrating, travelling the world for cases, brisk walking crowded Broadway at 8am with your morning coffee to meet a client waiting for you office and you sitting with him taking a view of times square, surely is exciting, ain't it? 

Ok let's talk that you are from a different background. Today, many news reporters, business people, or even doctors have found that they need a law degree in order to be more effective or influential in their field. Where doctors worry about malpractice law suits, reporters worry about their professional ethics and other issues. Business people feel that a legal backdrop will enable them negotiate a more effective deal (both commercially and legally).

For more information, visit: www.avocattutorials.in/facts-about-law