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May 09 2012
Law students taking the bar in New York next year will be required to do 50 hours of pro bono work as a condition of their license to practice.
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Nov 23 2011
As US law firms grapple with the question of how to train lawyers when companies refuse to be billed by inexperienced associates, the profession in the UK is...
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Nov 21 2011
The momentum behind moves for increased transparency in consumer information regarding law schools is growing, with an ABA committee working on a new accreditation...
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Jun 01 2011
The National Association for Legal Career Professionals (‘NALP’) has reported that only 68.4 per cent of 2010 law school graduates were able to land a job requiring...
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May 26 2011
The Peking University School of Transnational Law is running into difficulty as it seeks to gain accreditation by the American Bar Association. Accreditation by the...
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Dec 21 2010
Fatehpal Singh, an advocate, an activist for the students in the All India Bar Exam passed away on Saturday, due to a tragic road accident.
Fatehpal - his name...
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Dec 01 2010
The Law graduates of Gujarat have a breather with the Gujarat Bar Council passing a resolution to allow them to practice without appearing for the All India Bar...
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Nov 16 2010
The postponement of the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) has been met with some volatile reactions with the National Delegation of Law Students (NDLS) threatening to start...
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Nov 16 2010
The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) saga has taken on another twist. The Bar Council of India (BCI) in its last meeting has pushed the AIBE by 3 months to be held during...
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Nov 15 2010
The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) has been further postponed by 3 months. The new date for the exam is yet to be disclosed. The exam will no longer be conducted on...
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Nov 02 2010
The options for the petitioners against the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) seem to be running out, after yet another setback. The options for the petitioners against the...
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Oct 21 2010
The petitions against the implementation of the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) will have to wait for a few more days as the Supreme Court has once again adjourned the...
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Sep 30 2010
While the recent recession has slowed hiring at many law firms, costs of tuition and costs of living continue to rise. Law students are therefore beginning to look...
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Aug 25 2010
After a spate of litigations and suits against the Bar Council of India regarding the Bar exam and other disputes which adversely affect the students, the Union...
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Aug 23 2010
The American Bar Association is considering whether to accredit law schools outside of the USA, and has put together a committee to investigate the issue ahead of a...
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Aug 23 2010
The inaugural edition of the School of Law, Christ University moot started on August 19, 2010 with the inaugural function. The Governor of Karnataka, H.R Bharadwaj and...
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Aug 23 2010
The Bar Council of India (BCI), conducted the “Robing Ceremony” and “Administrating Oath” ceremony on August 21. After this ceremony, the BCI started a two-day meeting...
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Aug 19 2010
Which direction will Indian law schools take? Now that we have a bar exam, will they start teaching their students with the bar exam in mind? Or will they continue...
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Aug 09 2010
A friend of mine just took the New York bar exam. While his fate is unknown till mid-November, I thought it might be interesting to get him to write about the process...
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Jul 22 2010
Two law graduates of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) who on Friday filed a petition before the Kerala High Court.
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Jul 19 2010
Starting in 2011, candidates for the US Bar Professional Training Course will have to sit an aptitude test in order to gain admission to the course.
The aptitude...
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Jul 12 2010
Kartikeya Tanna analyses the BCI initiated All India Bar Exam. Does BCI have the powers to conduct a Bar exam?
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Jul 06 2010
An emergency meeting was called by the Bar Council of India on July 3 to discuss the issue of the All India Bar Exam.
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Jul 02 2010
According to the latest press release on July 2, the National Delegation of Law Students, headed by President Siddharth S. Seth (pictured handing the proposal to the...
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Jun 30 2010
The Indian Express reports on four law students challenging the Bar’s decision in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
The four students have made the Bar Council...
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Jun 30 2010
A law graduate from Nalsar has challenged the decision of the Bar Council of India (BCI) to impose the Bar exam on students graduating in the academic year of 2009-2010.
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Jun 17 2010
The first bar exam, to be held in December of this year is already facing its first litigation. Six law graduates from the state of Gujarat have filed a petition in...
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Jun 07 2010
The first Bar exam heralding a new chapter in the history of Indian legal education will be held on December 5, 2010.
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Nov 26 2009
A movement to adopt a uniform US bar exam is gaining traction in several states, says Maureen Milford on USA Today.
According to the article, Missouri has been out...
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