New Delhi: Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily announced on Wednesday that the government is planning to introduce Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions into law schools all over India.

The Union Ministry of Law and Justice is also planning to classify all existing law schools in India according to the standards set by the ministry.

These plans are part of the government's efforts to bring legal education in India in synchrony with the current global trends.

Moily said that the proposals for the common entrance test would be discussed at a two day national consultation on Second Generation Reform in Legal Education.

The discussion for the finalization of a blueprint for an updated legal education system in the country would be held on May 1 and 2 and will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Moily said that topics that will be covered in the discussion would be to identify major challenges that the legal education system is facing today as well as necessary changes that need to be incorporated in Indian legal education, trade, commerce and industry so as to meet the requirements of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and to enable the legal education to have international outreach.