The Legal Education - Law Commission of India

11712.15 There are other good reasons why a graduate should undergo theTraining and pass the Bar Examination. It is true that several parts of thelegal skills have been introduced into the curriculum. But still, there is agreat difference between learning about the skills in the college curriculumand witnessing the actual presentation of skills in court. Once a personjoins the office of a senior and studies an individual case, either at the trialstage or at the appellate stage, watches the preparation and research of thesenior in his chamber, or assists him in the preparation or research or theactual process of witness examination, discovery, inspection procedures ina civil case or the actual arguments in interlocutory matters, (e.g. injunctionor receiver applications) or the arguments at the final stage of the trial orappeal or watches the preparation in a criminal case from the stage ofanticipatory bail to the ultimate stage of arguments after the trial – thenonly can he realize the difference between reading about skills and theactual performance of skills . There are so many legal skills in theprofession which can be learnt only in the chambers of a lawyer or in acourt and these are learnt day by day. All these cannot be learnt in thecollege even though, the studying in college may give the student someidea of the skills. In fact, there is a further difference between a lawyerassisting his senior in the court and the lawyer himself arguing the case.12.16 In the light of the observations of the Supreme Court, the opinion ofthe Ahmadi Committee and the opinion of the Chief Justices of the HighCourts, and the need to revamp the Legal education system, we recommendamendment of the Act, reintroducing the Training Program and the Barexamination.