Assuming that you have several prospective divorce lawyers in
mind to handle your divorce or custody case, you must investigate the
qualifications of each attorney. Before investigating the
qualifications of each attorney, you would be wise to set the bar
on the minimum qualifications that are acceptable to you. An
attorney’s qualifications in the following 5 areas will help you in your
investigation.

(1) Percentage of practice devoted to family law

(2) Years of experience

(3) Certified specialist

(4) Law school and education

(5) Memberships

Percentage of practice devoted to family law

An
attorney’s percentage of practice devoted to family law will help you
assess how much experience and expertise he/she has with divorce and
custody related issues. An attorney whose practice is 100% devoted to
family law issues, such as divorce and custody, will likely have more
expertise and familiarity with handling such cases than an attorney
whose practice is not 100% devoted to family law.

Years of experience

An
attorney is often valued by the number of years of experience they have
in a particular area of law. The more years of experience an attorney
has in family law, the more they can typically demand for his/her fees.
Further, the more years of experience an attorney has with divorce or
custody cases, the more likely he/she has worked on a case similar to
yours and help you learn what you can likely expect and what the costs
will be.

Certified specialist

Is the attorney a
certified family law specialist? Some attorneys may seek to become a
certified family law specialist by demonstrating extensive experience
and testing in the field of family law. There are certainly attorneys
with experienced and expertise in family law that have not sought out to
become a certified family law specialist. Attorneys that advertise
themselves as “certified specialists” may demand a higher fee.

Education

The fact that an attorney
graduated from a prestigious law school does not necessarily guarantee
that he/she is more qualified and more experienced in the field of
family law than an attorney that has not graduated from a prestigious
law school. The law school is however still something worth exploring
because it may demonstrate how serious, dedicated, and committed the
attorney was to his/her education. Additionally, some attorneys may
have various education such as being a Certified Public Accountant or
Licensed Clinical Psychologist. You will need to determine the value of
the different education an attorney has and the cost that may go along
with it.

Memberships

An attorney that has taken
interest in the field of family law will often have memberships to
organizations in the field of family law. Some memberships are
available to any lawyer and some memberships are more difficult to
obtain. An attorney that does not have any memberships to organizations
in the field of law can often create doubt in the consumers mind about
their interest in that field.

The information above about an
attorneys qualifications can often be found through the State Bar
website or through the Bar Association. As you seek to know more about
an attorney’s qualifications, it is ultimately up to you to investigate
the attorneys qualifications and set the bar on the minimum qualifications that are acceptable to you.

In short Law keeps the order in the society. Laws have been around since a long time. In India we have had laws since the time of the Vedas. In fact these scriptures are full of laws. Most rulers of India too had proper court proceedings to carry out the law of the land. In fact excellent secular court systems existed under the Mauryas (321-185 BCE) and the Mughals (16th 19th centuries) with the latter giving way to the current common law system. The current law system is regulated by the Bar council of India, it was established by Parliament under the Advocates Act, 1961. Every state has a State Bar Council which assists the Indian Bar Council. One of these State Bar Councils is the Bar Council of Delhi.

The Bar Council of Delhi is located in Siri Fort Road in Delhi, and is run under the strong management of Shri Nitin Ahlawat, the Secretary of the Delhi Bar Council. In accordance to the rules set by the Parliament under the Advocates Act of 1961, every law graduate has to be registered with the Indian Bar Council. The enrollment formalities are carried out by the state bar council. The Delhi Bar Council also enrolls many law graduates every year. Only if the law graduate is registered with the Delhi Bar Council or any other State Bar Council, is he/she considered to be an advocate. Only then can he or she practice law in any court of the country. Recently, the All India Bar Examination was started by the Government to test all law graduates.

The graduate is entitled to practice law in the country only if he passes this examination. The Delhi Bar Council also conducts All India Bar Examinations and also registers graduates for the same. Bar Association of Delhi offers legal services to the people. If you have a dispute you want settled you can approach a lawyer at the Delhi Bar Council. Most of these lawyers have their own special areas of expertise and you can choose one which best suits your case. The Bar Association of Delhi also contributes largely in maintaining law and order within the country. If not for these law institutes our country would have been in utter chaos.