Teachers of law varsities can now practice in courts
Consortium of National Law Universities has allowed faculty from law universities to practice in courts. Also, teachers will now be allowed to pursue litigation three times a month.
A decision regarding this was taken during an executive committee meeting on Thursday. Fixing the norms for the practice in courts by law teachers, the consortium restricted duration of practice to not more than three times a month or 15 hours in a week. Further, teachers pursuing litigation have to mandatorily teach a course on clinical legal education.
The consortium also suggested the fee that can be charged by the practicing teachers. According to the consortium, such teachers will appear in cases pro bono. If the teacher levies charges then the same should be split in a ratio of 60:40 between the teacher and the varsity.
At present full-time salaried employees are prohibited from practicing as advocates. Executive members said that to encourage “bright students of NLUs” to take up litigation as career, it is necessary for faculty members to be allowed to practice in courts.
Source | Times of India | 22nd February 2019
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