BHUBANESWAR: Legal education in the country is at the crossroads due to shortage of teachers and decreasing interest of students in studying and practising law, said legal experts at the dedication ceremony of Sikhya O Anusandhan National Institute of Law (SNIL), under the Sikhya O Anusandhan Deemed University on Saturday. The SNIL, which admitted its first batch of students this academic session, will offer a five-year integrated course in law for arts, science and management students.
Speaking on the occasion, former Chief Justice of India G B Pattnaik said, "Urgent steps are needed to repair the cracks in the legal education system of the country keeping in view the changing needs of the society. Legal education should prepare professionals to meet the new challenges and dimension of internationalization, where the nature and organization of law and legal practice. He added institutions imparting legal education have mushroomed all over India with no method of assessing the quality of teaching and relaxation in providing the degree.
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