How to become a Criminal Lawyer

A person who is there to defend the rights of the people who have been charged with criminal activity is known as a criminal lawyer. A criminal lawyer is also known as a criminal defence lawyer specialised in the defence of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Criminal lawyers work privately or are employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts. The criminal lawyer must have a good understanding of the Indian penal code and code of criminal procedure. They also work as defence lawyers or public defenders. The purposes of punishing criminal offenders include preventing additional offences, retribution, deterring certain behaviours, and rehabilitation of offenders. They defend citizens, organisations, and institutions accused of crimes, as well as a wide range of criminal matters such as sex crimes, domestic abuse crimes, violent crimes, drug crimes, theft, embezzlement, and fraud. Criminal lawyers work on several cases, each at different stages at one time.

• To represent their defendant in the criminal court system.
• Prepare settlement conferences, arraignments, pretrial hearings, trials, and sentence hearings.
• criminal lawyers offer legal counsel to their clients
• To spend time in gathering evidence like eyewitness testimonies, police reports, other information linking with the case.
• To interview the witnesses.
• To perform legal research.
• To create and exhibits demonstrations in court.
• To investigate and search for additional evidence in support of their case or arguments against the prosecution’s charges.
• To examine the crime scene.
• To gather expert witnesses to testify in court.
• To research and study procedural law, case law, statutes, crimes codes.
• To build develop and build a case strategy.
• To negotiate a plea bargain to lesser charges with the prosecution.

To become a criminal lawyer, aspirants must develop certain skills such as writing and speaking skills, research and investigative skills, creative and analytical skills, interpersonal skills, test-taking ability, comfort with public speaking because they must present information to clients, juries, judges, opposing counsel, witnesses, boards, and colleagues, and a good flair with words.