LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM in India is regulated by the:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA (BCI) regulates legal education and the legal profession in India under the Advocates Act 1961.
2. KEY REGULATIONS:
3. (i) BCI RULES of LEGAL EDUCATION — minimum standards for law schools;
4. (ii) APPROVAL of new law programs and law colleges;
5. (iii) MANDATORY CURRICULUM — Contracts, Torts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Property Law, Procedural Law, etc.;
6. (iv) PROGRAM TYPES: INTEGRATED 5-year LLB (after 10+2) (BA LLB, BBA LLB, B.Sc LLB, B.Com LLB); 3-year LLB (after graduation);
7. (v) CLAT — Common Law Admission Test for 24 National Law Universities;
8. (vi) ALL-INDIA BAR EXAMINATION (AIBE) — required for licence to practice (since 2010).
9. UGC also regulates higher education broadly, but BCI has specific mandate for law.
10. NLU system: National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore (1986), NALSAR Hyderabad (1998), NUJS Kolkata (1999), NLIU Bhopal, GNLU Gandhinagar, NLU Delhi, etc.
11. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Bar Council of India; Advocates Act 1961_
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