The Legal Education - Law Commission of India

11812.17 There is a strong view that when some students are passing out ofgood Law schools, there is no need for further training. Here we have tokeep in mind not the students coming out from the few star colleges oruniversities but from the bulk of the colleges in various other places in thecities, district headquarters and other mofussil areas. These are thestudents who go to the courts at the grassroot level upon enrolment. Rulesregarding pre-enrolment training and examination cannot be restricted to afew students. They have to apply to everybody. The Supreme Court inSudheer’s case suggested exemption only in two types of cases – thosetrained in solicitor’s office or in corporate work but we have consideredthis aspect and do not recommend any exemption, having regard to thecurrent scenario of deteriorating standards.12.18 Some more objections to training are raised – some say that a studentcan easily ‘cook up’ the diaries meant to be maintained while attending thechamber of a senior lawyer or after attending court. Some say that veryfew seniors have time to interact with these young graduates. We do notagree that these objections have any relevance. If there are some studentswho do not take the training seriously or if there are some seniors who takethese apprentices into their chambers and do not have time, we cannotblame the system. Then why are these same critics supporting ‘placement’with seniors. One should see how a similar system is workingsatisfactorily in the case of Chartered Accountants. Again, a medicalgraduate has to go through ‘housemanship’ for one year. We do not seeany good reason as to why law graduate should not.