Focusing solely on placements ignore value of holistic growth of students: Legal experts

A myopic approach to careers focusing solely on job placements tends to ignore the value of holistic professional growth of students, legal experts said Thursday.

They also said that as Artificial Intelligence (AI) redefines the work of lawyers educators must provide a skill-based education.

Founding Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University C Raj Kumar said that legal education at JGLS enables its graduates to setup their own practice of law, or join a senior and start practising in the courts.

"A myopic approach to careers focussing solely on job placements of its graduates tends to ignore the value of holistic professional growth of the students along with providing the broadest possible horizon of professional opportunities to its students," he said in a statement.

Assistant Dean of Careers at JGLS, Professor Anuranjan Sethi said: "As AI redefines the work of lawyers in an ever more complex business and social world, legal educators' approach to its graduates' careers must provide a diverse skill-based and experiential education than a mere theoretical one."