LEGAL JOURNALISM FOR LAW STUDENTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

The topic of the webinar was about  how legal journalism works and opportunities for law students in the field.

The guest speaker in the first part of the webinar gave a brief introduction about legal journalism and his work experience which included his journalistic research of various cases - Corruption and money laundering case of P. Chidambaram, execution proceedings of the Nirbhaya Case, Anti- Citizenship Amendment Act Protests, Delhi Riots, Jamia Islamia Violence. It was also summed up that Legal Journalism requires training in journalistic writing and research with a side of knowledge of law.

The second part was very interactive where to the participants' question, it was answered that passion is the key to pursuing legal journalism and that keeping an eye out for Internships is the key for law students in the field.