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Supreme Court order leads to National Legal Academy in Goa
The Bar Council of India will set up a National Legal Academy for compulsory lawyer training at the India International University of Legal Education and Research campus in Goa. BCI Chairman Manan…
The Story in Brief
The Bar Council of India will set up a National Legal Academy for compulsory lawyer training at the India International University of Legal Education and Research campus in Goa. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra announced the decision on Sunday, following a Supreme Court directive last month. The academy will offer ten-day to two-week courses for lawyers across the country.
Mishra said the academy, modelled on the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal, will provide structured, lifelong post-enrolment legal education and strengthen ethical standards. IIULER Chancellor Justice P S Narasimha advised students to adopt a multidisciplinary approach and stay cautious about artificial intelligence. The main IIULER campus, spread over 50 acres, is expected to be completed in two years.
The Indian Opinion
Compulsory training for lawyers sounds necessary but carries a whiff of top-down control. The real test will be whether the Bar Council of India designs courses that sharpen advocacy skills without becoming a rubber-stamp ritual. Independence of the bar, as the Supreme Court itself noted, matters as much as judicial independence. Watch for who controls the syllabus and whether senior lawyers, not just retired judges, shape the training.
Source: timesnownews.com
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