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The Vision for Reform 13basis that the present Report examines the two most crucial aspectsconcerning contemporary legal education in India:(a) The role of BCI as the primary body for regulating standardsof professional legal education, and(b) The adequacy of the norms laid down by BCI in exercise of itsstatutory powers.a) 184 th Report of the Law Commission of IndiaIn the year 2002, the Law Commission of India (hereinafter referred to as‘LCI’) undertook a comprehensive suo motu review of the structure andregulation of the professional legal education system in India. The Reportprepared by LCI, titled as the “184 th Report on the Legal Education &Professional Training and Proposals for Amendments to the Advocates Act,1961 and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956” analyses in detailthe conjoint responsibility of BCI and UGC towards the regulation ofprofessional legal education.i. LCI in its Report analyzes at length the quality of consultationenvisaged between BCI and the Universities under Section 7(1)(h)of the Advocates Act, 1961.The Report notes that theREPORT OF 3-MEMBER COMMITTEE ON REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION
The Vision for Reform 14responsibility of BCI in ensuring ‘…standards of legal education…’,and that of UGC in ensuring ‘…standards of education…’ are, infact, not in conflict with each other, but have to be harmoniouslyconstrued. Section 7(1)(h), in providing for consultation betweenBCI and UGC, advances the proposition that both the statutorybodies share common goals vis-à-vis regulation of professionallegal education.The Report stipulates that the requirement ofSection 7(1)(f) is, in fact, ‘effective consultation’ between BCI andthe Universities, thereby increasing the involvement of themembers of academia in regulating legal education.There are, obviously, practical and logistical difficulties in BCIconsulting the huge number of Universities and other institutionsimparting legal education. The LCI Report, therefore, recommendsthat instead of requiring ‘effective consultation’ with eachUniversity, the Advocates Act should instead be suitably amendedto enable BCI to consult a representative body, which body, in turn,should be constituted by UGC, thus ensuring that both BCI andUGC remain equal partners in regulating legal education.ii.LCI in its Report has also considered the composition of the BCILegal Education Committee provided for under Section 10 of theAdvocates Act, 1961.Regarding the concerns raised by theREPORT OF 3-MEMBER COMMITTEE ON REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION
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