In the bill, there is a provision to disqualify university students who do not comply with the subject, academic period and other standards set by the council to participate in the attorney's license examination.
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A bill is about to be passed by the Legislation Management Committee under the National Assembly, which stipulates that universities that teach law should follow the subject, duration and standards of practical and legal education set by the Nepal Legal Practitioners Council (Bar Council).
In the bill that the committee is about to finalize, there is a provision that university students who do not follow the subject, academic period and other standards set by the Bar Council will not be allowed to participate in the bar's license examination.
The 'Nepal Legal Practitioners Council (Second Amendment) Bill' introduced by the government is going to be passed by the parliamentary committee after making some amendments. It is said that the right to set the standard of legal education of the university will remain with the Bar Council.
The bill to be passed by the Legislation Management Committee states, "The council will determine the necessary standards in the coordination and consultation of the related educational institutions regarding the inclusion of the subjects to be studied in the curriculum of the educational institutions in terms of academic period, practical and legal education and participation in the legal profession examination, and the information shall be given to the related educational institutions." Arrangements are also being made to take action against
standards. "Prior to allowing people who have not studied in accordance with the standards to participate in the legal practitioner examination, the council can determine a course for a certain period of time and make arrangements for training," the bill states. Advocate Omprakash Aryal says that the Bar Council should understand that universities should not teach law just to make lawyers. Mentioning that government officials, judges, court officials, and those working in the education sector also study law, he argued that it is not right for the council to impose a limit on the curriculum of universities and the number of years of teaching.
Such an arrangement is against the academic autonomy of the university. If that is the case, then the councils would have made courses for engineering, medical etc. Aryal said, "The professional council cannot impose the curriculum on the university, an academic institution. "There are 100% political people in the bar council."
Senior advocate Gopalkrishna Ghimire, the president of Nepal Bar Association, who is also the ex-officio vice-president of the Bar Council, said that they are trying to set the standard of becoming an advocate in the university. The aim is not to control the autonomy of the university, but to pave the way for quality measurement. If those who have studied at that university become advocates, the Bar Council will set the standards,' he said, 'If they don't become advocates, they can study anything.' He says that the government is going to give authority to the Bar Council against the suggestions given by the universities.
Associate Dean of Kathmandu University Law Faculty Shiv Giri said that the parliamentary committee is going to make the law without inviting them to the discussion. Although the committee called the officials of the council to the discussion, they did not call the concerned university officials.
