| | 4 August 2018HIGHERReviewEditorialIf change is the law of nature, then law is the regulator of social change. However, in this era of globalization, which has already posed manifold challenges to the future of legal education across the world, there are many aspects of the profession that have al-ready been transformed in some way and a significant wave of change still to come. In fact, the experts in this field opine that the legal profes-sion will potentially change more drastically over the next two decades than it has over the last two centuries. It is true that the changes may not happen overnight, however, it will come in the form of numerous, significant changes that will result in a drastically different profession.In India, the profession of law is rooted in traditionalism and lega-cy. We have been a country with court-based litigation structure, where familial legacy holding the fort and first-generation entrants needed to fight out to get a foothold. In the past decade, the Indian legal market has seen dynamic changes. Notable among them is the advent of full service law firms that have been creating various new opportunities for legal professionals. Propelled by the increasing legal compliance re-quirements, many reputed commercial institutions have enlarged their legal departments manifold and in-house counsels are now becoming a critical cog in the business enterprise. Fascinated by the lucrative opportunities offered by these big-ticket firms and legal departments, many more budding professionals have taken an interest in the voca-tion from non-legal backgrounds. However, are our law schools ready to accommodate and work with these changes to maintain the strength of the legal profession? In this issue, we have identified `Top 10 Promising Law Colleges 2018' that have been maintaining a balance between traditional and modern law practices, in order to change the entire fabric of legal edu-cation system in India. These colleges, by keeping in mind the neces-sity of globalization and other technological transformations, provide excellent groundwork for a number of careers and help the aspiring law graduates to find highly skilled employment. On the cover, we feature ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad, which has made a remarkable impression in the legal education of the country in a short span of time since its inception. Enjoy Reading. Sarath ShyamManaging Editorsarath@thehighereducationreview.comLaw Education: To be a Lawyer beyond the Court-Based Litigation StructureVol 6 · Issue 6-1 · August, 2018Publisher & Editor Alok ChaturvediManaging Editor Sarath Shyam Editorial Team Lakshmi G Raman Balakrishnan Riya Das Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Editorial Queries Sales & Advertisement Advertisement queries Office To Subscribe Visit www.thehighereducationreview.com/subscription or send email to subscription@thehighereducationreview.comCover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2018 BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Prathyoosh.K.ShajiAugustin Sunnyadvertise@thehighereducationreview.comNo.124, 2nd Floor, South Block, Surya Chambers, Airport Main Road, Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-46441103T: 080-46441192editor@thehighereducationreview.comCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGM Sales & Marketing Monisha RavinarayanGroup Art Director Ashok KumarVisualizers MohanaKrishnan Siva Sankar Vimalraj M ManjunathHigherEducationReviewHIGHERReview| |3 July 2018HIGHERReview
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