In these times, without a business educational background, even an experienced legal professional may find it difficult to provide appropriate advice which makes business sense.

The massive upheaval in the global economy mergers and acquisitions, the introduction of financial regulators, have dramatically complicated businesses and created new challenges and thereby changed the role of corporate and in-house counsel.

After discussions it has been revealed that there are a number of business areas where legal professionals need some training. This program will enable students to address many business related legal issues that they could face in their legal practice, corporate jobs, public sector governance, consulting investment banking, entrepreneurship, and many other careers. Thus the need for management education for legal professionals has arisen.

In today's dynamic world, it has become imperative for businesses to seek legal advice before implementing any business decisions. In the new age of commercialization the role of the Legal Professionals has changed. With increase in regulations and regulatory authorities, legal and compliance departments have become de-rigueur for most large corporations either statutorily or by sheer necessity.

Legal Professionals need to be able to communicate effectively with the people they are working for. Clients also expect them to understand their core business and accordingly advice. Lawyers' advice now reflects increasingly complex business decisions considering the huge sums at stake in cases of litigation or insolvency. Lawyers are expected to be more like business advisers to their clients. It is essential that they can hold their own in a meeting with accountants and business advisers.Chartered accountants and Company secretaries, the other regulatory/compliance professionals also play a major role in the success of a Company.

The role that persons from the Legal profession render has always been significant. It has therefore becoming imperative for persons in the legal profession to develop a birds eye view of businesses and their functions to be able to remain competitive.

As a proactive Business School we believe that we can value add by providing the management education perspective. On this journey, we are fortunate to have had the guidance and direction of some of the most experienced and leading luminaries from the world of law. With their support and that of the Academic Board in keeping with true WE School philosophy believe that this will be yet another path breaking initiative as several others.

I therefore invite you to explore the pages ahead to see what we have to offer and then take a decision that will help your future path.

Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe
Group Director

This program is designed to enable students to address many business related legal issues that they could face in their

• Legal Practice
• Corporate jobs
• Public Sector Governance,
• Consulting
• Investment Banking,
• Auditing
• Financial Reporting
• Corporate Finance
• Entrepreneurial venture and other careers.

• Lawyers practicing in the courts
• In - house legal counsel
• Legal professionals with solicitors' firms
• Legal Compliance officers
• Legal professionals working in LPO's, KPO's, BPO's.
• Chartered Accountants,
• Company secretaries and Cost Accountant
• Financial advisors,
• Patent attorneys,
• Sales Tax Practitioners and
• Income Tax Practitioners

• Law Graduates with minimum 50% marks in the graduation / aggregate
• Professionals like
  • Company Secretaries,
  • Chartered Accountants
  • Cost Accountants

The Selection process will involve a Personal Interview once the applicant has filled out the Institute's application form for the program.

11 Month Certificate program with convenient weekend evening lectures.

Fees: Rs.45,000 /*- plus taxes as applicaple (*subject to change).

Mr. Rafique Dada	Senior Counsel and Senior Advocate
Ms. Zia Mody	Senior Counsel and Senior Partner AZB and Partners
Mr. Darius Khambata	Senior Counsel Addl. Solicitor General
Mr. Anand Desai	Managing Partner DSK Legal
Mr. Sujjain Talwar	Solicitor & Partner Economic Law Practice

D Mr. M.R. Prasanna	Independent Consultant, Former Group Executive President, Corporate Legal, Aditya Birla Group
Mr. T.P. Oswal	Senior Partner of M/s. Ostwal Desai & Kothari, International Tax Practitioner
Mr. Bharat Vasani	Chief, Legal & Group General Counsel Tata Sons Limited
Mr. Ashok Gupta	Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Anand Damle	Reliance Money Express Limited- Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Principal Officer
Mr. Visty Banaji	CEO, Banner Consulting
Mr. Rajan Jayakar	Solicitor