{"id":241869,"date":"2021-01-06T10:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=241869"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T04:28:44","slug":"bci-notifies-new-legal-education-policy-scraps-1-yr-ll-m-prescribes-pg-common-entrance-test-in-law-no-ll-m-in-any-specialised-branch-of-law-without-ll-b-full-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/01\/06\/bci-notifies-new-legal-education-policy-scraps-1-yr-ll-m-prescribes-pg-common-entrance-test-in-law-no-ll-m-in-any-specialised-branch-of-law-without-ll-b-full-report\/","title":{"rendered":"BCI notifies new Legal Education Policy; Scraps 1-yr LL.M; Prescribes PG Common Entrance Test in Law; No LL.M in any specialised branch of Law without LL.B [Full Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Bar Council of India Legal Education (Post-Graduate, Doctoral, Executive, Vocational, Clinical and other Continuing Education), Rules, 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The said Rules have been notified in light of Sections 7(1)(h), (i); (ia); (ib); (ic); (2)(b); (c); 15(1); 49(1)(af); (d); (e) with a view to strengthen legal education at each level of undergraduate, post graduate, legal research, technology &amp; court management, continuing legal education and professional and clinical skill development courses conducted off-line and on-line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2666 Chapter-I<\/span> <\/strong>of the said Rules consists of the General Provisions under which Definitions and the Qualification requirement of Faculty members are covered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2666 Chapter-II<\/span><\/strong> is about the Post Graduate Degree Course in Law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Chapter two a very significant point has been highlighted under Rule 6 which states that <strong>One Year Master Degree to be abolished<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A Master Degree Program in Law of one year duration introduced in India in 2013(as per notification) by the University Grants Commission shall remain operative and valid until the Academic Session in which these Regulations are notified and implemented but not thereafter at any University throughout the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Master degree in any specialized branch of Law offered in the Open System to any graduate, such as Business Law or Human Right, or International Trade Law without having LL.B.\/BA.LLB as the requisite entry-level qualification shall not be designated as Master\u2019s Degree in Law (LL.M.) but can be designated in any other manner attracting the immediate attention of anyone that such a degree holder may not be a Law graduate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Master\u2019s degree in Business Law may be designated as (MBL); Master\u2019s in Governance and Public Policy as (MGPP), Master\u2019s in Human Rights as (MHR), Master\u2019s in Industrial Laws (MIL) etc., which cannot be considered equivalent to LL.M.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>All India Common Entrance Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bar Council of India (either directly or through its Trust) may annually conduct a Post Graduate Common Entrance Test in Law (PGCETL) for admission in Master Degree course in Law in all Universities and until the PGCETL is introduced the present system followed by respective Universities shall be followed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2666Chapter III<\/span> <\/strong>consists of Rules with regard to Educational upgradation and efficiency enhancement and Professional Education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bar Council of India through the B. 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