Legal Education & Bar

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (355+ words) The Bar Council of India (BCI) does not have unrestricted power to remove an advocate’s name from the rolls merely because an advocate submitted a disputed or allegedly fabricated caste certificate at some stage of the enrolment, the Delhi high…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (343+ words) A Law Blog on Issues Surrounding the Protection and Promotion of Intangible Assets The legal profession has spent the past few years asking whether generative AI is trustworthy. Will it draft a contract, research an issue, summarize a record, or…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (368+ words) The National Association of Advocates of Ukraine proposed to check candidates for the bodies of the bar self-government according to four clear criteria, while not evaluating the candidate’s political views and legal positions in client cases. This approach was presented…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (750+ words) The Karnataka High Court has said that a State Bar Council cannot reject an application for enrolment as an advocate solely because the applicant did not have a bachelor’s degree before pursuing a three-year LL.B. course, without first referring the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (359+ words) October 3, 2025, 1:51 pm CDT In an effort to increase access to justice, Illinois is moving toward developing a program to allow certified nonlawyers to offer limited legal advice under the supervision of a licensed attorney. The Illinois Supreme Court approved in…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1181+ words) August 1, 2025, 1:22 am CDT Is technology ready for the bar exam? California thought so. The cash-strapped state bar, citing financial concerns, chose to develop its own test designed to be taken remotely and at test centers, a move that was projected…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (146+ words) August 13, 2025, 9:08 am CDT By Julianne Hill History has shown that technology used for the bar exam can be filled with snafus. Pandemic-era experiments for remote bar exam administrations had hiccups—and of course, California’s attempt in February to launch a…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (285+ words) January 1, 2026, 12:37 pm CST By Julianne Hill “What we are doing is not working,” he says. Other proposed changes include implementing state-level strategies to improve practice readiness, encouraging law school accreditation that serves the public, reducing the reliance on law school…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (374+ words) The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the Customary Court Bill, 2026, requiring that chairmen of customary courts be legal practitioners, in a major overhaul of grassroots justice administration. The Bill was passed after the third reading, following the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (107+ words) Your Privacy is Important to us Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging HC order striking down attendance mandate for law students A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih…...