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52of Harvard Universtiy and to the “problem method” pioneered by Prof.Carl Llewellyn and Judge Jerome Frank and the Notre Dame Law School.The Report referred to Rule 21 of the Rules and to Sch. I dealing with the5-year course which contains the following directive:“10. Every university shall endeavour to supplement the lecturemethod with the case method, tutorials and other modern techniquesof imparting legal education.”The Report recommended as follows:“This Rule must be amended in a mandatory form and we shouldinclude problem method, moot courts, mock trials and other aspectsin this Rule and make them compulsory.”In tune with the above recommendations, we find in the 5-year coursesyllabus that Rule 2(c) says as follows:“2(c): That the course of study in law has been by regular attendancefor the requisite number of lectures, tutorials, moot courts andpractical training given by a college….”5.5 Rule 3(2) refers to contact and correspondence programme, tutorials,home assignments, library, clinical work etc. – in all 30 hours per week butclass room lectures should not be less than 20 hours.