NHRC Chairman asks to-be lawyers to work for society

National Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice H L Dattu today asked law students to work for the society when they become advocates instead of taking up lucrative corporate or law firm jobs as a lot of tax-payers' money is spent on their education.
"A lot of money of tax-payers is spent on the education of law students, so once they become lawyers they have a responsibility towards the society," he told a valedictory function of NHRC's one-month-long summer internship programme.
"However, instead of helping the people in their issues of litigation, many of them join lucrative corporate or law firm jobs doing mostly desk work on the computers," he said, adding that corporate jobs may be well paying but the real thrill of the legal profession lies in the litigation side.

He said since most of the interns were the students of law, he expected them to make the best use of their exposure to various aspects of human rights during the internship by being compassionate and helpful to those who are in trouble and difficulty.
He asked them to become not only good lawyers but also good human beings.
50 students, selected from the universities and colleges in different parts of the country, completed their internship.
They were sensitised on various issues of human rights and also exposed to different facets of the functioning of the Commission.
Four interns shared the first, second and third award of best interns having prize money of Rs 15,000.