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The Vision for Reform 21consultancy assignments and legal practice in courts). Thesereforms need to be introduced in a balanced, reasonable andregulated manner to ensure adequate incentivization for facultywithout compromising on the maintenance of consistent academicquality. As a further incentive, it is necessary to create betteropportunities for active involvement of academia in the shaping ofnational legal education policy.There is also need to reconsider existing promotional schemes andavenues to promote meritorious faculty members. Other incentivesfor faculty include fully paid sabbaticals; adequate House RentAllowance (HRA); instituting awards to honor reputed teachersand researchers at national and institutional levels; flexibility toappoint law teachers without having an LL.M degree if theindividual has proven academic or professional credentials; facultyexchange programs with leading universities abroad and upgradingexisting infrastructure.iv.With respect to financing of legal education, NKC in its Reportobserves that it is for law schools and universities to decide the levelof fees but as a norm, fees should meet at least 20% of the totalexpenditure in universities, subject to two conditions: first, needystudents should be provided with a fee waiver plus scholarships toREPORT OF 3-MEMBER COMMITTEE ON REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION
The Vision for Reform 22meet their costs; second, universities should not be penalized by theUGC for the resources raised from higher fees through matchingdeductions from their grants-in aid.It is further recommended by NKC that the Central and Stateministries may be urged to endow chairs on specialized branches oflaw. State financing can be complemented with endowments fromthe private sector, including synergistic arrangements such asappropriate public private partnerships. Incentives such as taxholidays for donations above a high minimum threshold by thecorporate sector may be considered. Institutions should be giventhe autonomy to evolve their own innovative methods of financingto maximize infrastructure and resource utilization.c) Suggestions Received by the CommitteeAs mentioned supra, pursuant to its mandate vide order of the SupremeCourt dated June 29, 2009, this Committee sought the feedback of variouslegal luminaries and academicians vis-à-vis the reform of professionallegal education in India. 5Broadly, the following suggestions andrecommendations were received the Committee pursuant to its initiative:5Responses were received from the following eminent personalities: Shri P.P. Rao,Senior Advocate; Prof. Marc Galanter, John and Rylla Bosshard Professor Emeritus ofLaw and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Prof. (Dr.) N.L.Mitra, former Director, National Law School of India University, Bangalore andREPORT OF 3-MEMBER COMMITTEE ON REFORM OF LEGAL EDUCATION
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