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Bar Council of India

In this section, we will give light to an apex organization, Bar Council of India, which is the regulatory authority of legal education and legal practice in India. A statutory body established under the section 4 of Advocates Act 1961, it is one of the pillars of legal practice in India. Its headquarter is in New Delhi. It primarily specifies standards of professional conduct and etiquettes. Apart from this it also sets out standards for legal education and grants recognition to the law universities. So next comes, when this council came into the picture in India? Earlier the purposes were being served by ‘All India Bar Committee’. In 1953 this committee headed by S.R. Das submitted a report proposing the creation of a bar council. Separately for states and for the country, Bar council was established. Hence an apex organization, Bar Council of India and bar council for each state was formatted. M.C. Setalvad and C.K. Daughtry was the first chairman and vice-chairman of the

Best Law Schools in India

So till now, you are formally introduced to the legal education in India and what all steps one needs to pursue it. Further to this one always get confused when it comes to choosing the best institute for him/herself. Herein we will spread knowledge about what are some best institutions present in India. Under the roof of which Law studies are easily accessible.  Since the inception of National Law University which changes the shape of legal education in India, there are various institutes got established. Curating them into the ascending order of best institutes is one big task.  Still, we prepared a list which can be referred as a helpful reference. It is as follows: 1.     National Law School of India University (Bangalore):   First institution established in India which offered a five-year course for the law. It is spread in the area of 23 acres. It is a fully residential campus with three residence halls for men and women. It has two separate hostels for postgraduate s

What is the present scenario of law studies in India?

India, a mixed economy and democratic country, is the plethora of laws. Our judiciary system follows various laws concerned with different issues. We are a country with diversity. Diversity in religions, diversity in lifestyle, diversity in language etc. Therefore diversification in-laws is also there. As of January 2017, there were about 1248 laws. Hence it can be said that our country’s judiciary system is one unique collection of laws. Now as this system is vast in itself, learning it is also quite interesting. Here we will talk about what is the present scenario running on in law studies in India. Legal education mainly refers to the education of lawyers before they start practising in the court of law. In India, the first law university was set up in 1985 in Bangalore named as National Law School of India University. Since then the structure of legal education in our country took its shape. Traditionally the degrees that were granted were of LLB (Bachelor of Laws) and B