Law Optional for Non-Law Students

Most of the students that qualify for UPSC Final List are Engineers (66%) as per latest UPSC 69th Report. And the number of engineering students qualified with an engineering subject is only 7%.

66%Engineers (66%) as per latest UPSC 69th Report.
7%the number of engineering students qualified with an engineering subject is only 7%.

Above data clearly depicts these candidates have not opted for their graduation subjects and have qualified in non graduation subjects. Law is also the same. Anyone can qualify UPSC by taking law optional, even non law students.

Anyone can qualify UPSC by taking law optional, even non law students.

Candidates having law optional had been top rankers still some candidates do not opt for the subject as they are from non law background thinking it will be tough for them or law is a technical subject only meant for law graduates.

That too, despite the fact that toppers in UPSC with law optional are more often non law students.

It is for a reason, that UPSC have made all subjects in mains open for every type of graduates. The questions in law optional subject are framed in such a manner that it can be answered by any subject graduates.

Interest and Interesting Subject a Key Factor!

Interest in subject play a key role in choosing an optional. You should not choose optional just because it was a graduation subject. If you have had no interest in that subject then you will not study it properly with deep insights for UPSC preparation as well.

Law optional for a non law student is an interesting subject. Every UPSC aspirant invariably find polity interesting and constitutional law makes it more interesting. Multiple layers of constitutions will open up when you study it in law.

International law in law syllabus takes you to understanding laws of sea, among other interesting topics, it cover rules of ocean navigation, which is wildest and most lawless part of the world.

Law of Crime takes you to understand most fascinating understanding of crime like murder, as well as philosophical aspect of punishment and reformation.

Contract laws makes an interesting read for understanding day to day financial transactions like simply writing a cheque or selling a goods, all covered under contract as each of those transactions are essentially a contract.

Now, let's analyse the law optional subject for non law student by taking example of different stream subjects graduates. Namely, Engineering, Commerce Graduate, Arts graduate, Science Graduate.

Engineering Graduate and Law optional

Engineering students are mostly from mathematical background with good reasoning skills. Law understanding required reasoning skill especially when there is a case type question. In a given event which law would apply.

Our Aditya Tiwari Sir, who teaches law optional is an engineer by training himself.

Commerce graduate or CA and Law optional

Commerce graduate must have already studied laws of contracts, including Negotiable Instruments and Sale of Goods Act. It will be an easy Paper-II for them. Commerce students generally have sound economics understanding as well, especially, working and functioning of financial institutions.

Arts Graduate and Law optional

Arts graduate including that of history and political science will find multiple commonality between constitutional law and political science topics.

Science Graduate and Law optional

Science graduate stands parallel to Engineers in terms of reasoning capability and that is important skill to have when you analyse different provision of a law.

Other benefit for choosing law optional for non law students is that, law optional is scoring and have good success rate.