Chennai: Justice N. Kirubakaran at the Madras High Court recently took an initiative to dive in to the existing scenario of the legal profession in the country and suggested to restore its past glory by introducing reforms in imparting the law education at the admission stage itself.

“In order to attract talented students to law courses, the curriculum should be in pace with the globalization to suit the present day situation,” he said.

The judge further observed that reviewing the curriculum would prevent the decline in standard of legal education as well as check the recurrence of November 2008 violent incidents in the Madras Law College while he dismissed a writ petition from an aspirant to three-year BL degree course, who crossed the age limit.

“It is not good for the largest democracy of the world to suffer on the parameters of legal education. If no remedial measures are undertaken to improve the situation then the country would suffer irreparably,” said the judge while giving directives to the government and the Bar Council of India (BCI).

Running exactly on the lines of the National Law School, classes in the law colleges are ought to be taken seriously by the students like that of a regular college where short attendance is an issue.

In order to make the students more responsible in the matter of their education, the college hours have to be increased to 5 or six hours per day and classes should be held in the morning and afternoon sessions.

The cut off percentage for admission into law colleges should be not less than 60. The antecedents of students might be verified before admission.

“Appointment of proficient full time professors/lecturers was to be made. Three-year law courses had to be scrapped in a phased manner and a five-year integrated course was to be introduced. The students had to be involved in field study,” the judge said.