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111include problem method, moot courts, mock trials and other aspectsand make them compulsory.13.(i) Participation in moot courts, mock trials, and debatesmust be made compulsory and marks awarded, (ii) practical trainingin drafting pleadings, contracts can be developed in the last year ofthe study, and (iii) students’ visits at various levels to the courts mustbe made compulsory so as to provide a greater exposure.15. Entrance into the Bar after 12 months or 18 months ofapprenticeship with entry examination. For obtaining thelicence/sanad from State Bar Councils it must be prescribed that oneshould secure at least 50 per cent or 60 per cent marks at the BarCouncil examination.16. So far as the training under a Senior Lawyer during theperiod of one year or 18 months of apprenticeship, the Act or theRules must stipulate that the senior must have at least 10 or 15 years’standing at the District Court/High Court and the student’s diarymust reflect his attendance for three months in the grassroot level ina civil court and for three months in a Magistrate’s Court and at leastsix months in a District Court. The advocate in whose office heworks must also certify that the student is fit to enter the Bar. Unlessthese formalities are completed, the student should not be permittedto sit for the Bar Council examination.”12.7 After saying so, the Supreme Court further observed (p. 211) asfollows: