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May 24, 2023
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Constitution of India is the supreme law of the and which lays down an elaborate legal framework to ensure socio-economic wel- fare of 'WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA'. The Indian Independence movement was led by the legal stalwarts, who set high standards of service with qualities of selflessness and sacrifice. The legal profession thus acquired an exalted position of eminence. Legal education plays an important role in the establishment of a rule-based egalitarian society. In order to ensure quality legal education in India, the Parliament enacted the Advocates Act, 1961, empowering the Bar Council of India to promote legal education and to lay down standards of legal education in consultation with the universities in India imparting such education and the State Bar Councils. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) projections, India shall continue to enjoy the demographic dividends. This strong economic growth shall open plethora of career options in the legal field for the aspirational generation.
Legal professionals play an important role in the administration of justice. At present, the majority of the fresh law graduates prefer to work with the law firms as they provide good working conditions apart from other career advancement opportunities. The law graduates can explore many other career options and one of them can be the litigating ad- vocate as with over 50 million cases pending in India, majority of these cases - close to 42 million-are pending in the district courts. However, working conditions at most of the district courts do not inspire confidence of the fresh law graduates and leave to be desired. The present situation can substantially improve by ensuring an ecosystem wherein the young advocates can be assured of a stipend for the initial years of practice and district advocacy training institutes can also be established on the lines of the Judicial Training Academy for imparting 1 advocacy skills to the budding advocates.
School of Law, Bennett University, backed by more than 185 years of The Times Group legacy, has established itself as one of the leading law schools in India, with cutting-edge, in- dustry-ready curriculum, well aqualified faculty, focus on quality teaching, learning and research supported by modern infrastructure. It also emphasises on experiential learning to cater to the diverse future net eds of the students. These objectives are achieved under various centres of studies and societies which provide a plat- I form for the students to discover their ikigai. The Moot Court and the Literary and debating societies provide active guidance to students in sharpening their mooting and debating skills. Bennett students re- gularly win National awards in Mooting and debating competitions. Recently, two Bennett
University students reached the final round of Speak for India-2023 and Maansi Pilla of third year BA LLB (Hons) was adjudged the runner-up, winning a cash award of Rs. 1.5 lakh. Students are also provided judicial coaching by senior retired judges. Honourable Supreme Court and High Court judges, leading professors and legal luminaires interact with students on a regular basis. The weeklong observance of the Constitution week provides an opportunity to the students to interact with the legal luminaries and explore the lofty ideals of the Constitution of India. Additionally, international seminars, conferences, colloquiums are organised to create and disseminate legal knowledge.
As part of the internationalisation of legal education, School of Law organised a Conference on AI and Human Rights in collaboration with School of Law, Bradford University, United Kingdom. It also offers semester abroad and summer schools abroad programmes, helping students pursue higher education with leading global universities. The Career Service Centre and Internship and Placement Cell provide 100% internship and placement assistance leading to placement of students with major law firms and as in-house counsellors, among others.
To sum up, an enabling and empowering environment to foster critical legal thinking and inculcate lifelong learning to shape socially conscious legal professionals, remain the main objectives of all stakehol- dersat School of Law.
Published on :- The Times of India
Date :- 22-05-2023
