184th Report on The Legal Education & Professional Training and Proposals for Amendments to the Advocates Act, 1961 and the University Grants Commision Act, 1956

Abstract

The Commission took up the subject of ‘Legal Education’, suo motu, as the said subject is fundamental to the very foundation of the Judicial system. The Commission in the year 1999, issued a working paper proposing certain amendments to the advocates Act, 1961. The scope of the working paper was wide and it contained five chapters. Chapter I thereof was Introductory, Chapter II related to ‘Legal Education and Professional Training, Chapter III to ‘Professional Competence and Social Responsibility’, Chapter IV to ‘entry of Foreign Legal Consultants and Liberalization of Legal Practice, and Chapter V to ‘Management and Development of the Profession’. However, in the present report, the Commission has confined its recommendations to the ‘Legal Education and Professional Training’ only.