Disinclination of Law Students for j oining Academic Profession 1 Acknowledgement We would like to express our heart-felt gratitude to all those who made the completion of this project possible, starting with the Lord Almighty. We would like to express our cordial gratefulness to Dr. William Nunes and Dr. Vikash Gandhi for their valuable guidance and advice in preparing this project. We would also like to thank for providing us valuable opportunity to work with the project “Disinclination of Law Students for joining Academic Profession”. We would also like to thank the Director Sir, Mr. Bimal Patel, for giving us valuable opportunity of research.
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Acknowledgement
We would like to express our heart-felt gratitude to all those who
made the completion of this project possible, starting with the Lord
Almighty.
We would like to express our cordial gratefulness to Dr. William
Nunes and Dr. Vikash Gandhi for their valuable guidance and
advice in preparing this project. We would also like to thank for
providing us valuable opportunity to work with the project
“Disinclination of Law Students for joining Academic
Profession”. We would also like to thank the Director Sir, Mr.
Bimal Patel, for giving us valuable opportunity of research.
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Table of Content
Acknowledgement……………………………………………….1
Table of Content………………………………………………....2
Review of Literature……………………………………………..3
1. Introduction……………………………………………….4
2. Status of Legal Education in India…………….……….6
3. Analysis of Data…………………………………………..8
4. Conclusion………………………………………………..15
5. Bibliography & References………………………….......16
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Review of Literature
The Researcher finalized this topic for the presentation after
consulting the faculty of our University and after going through
various articles available on internet. As this Research is a Non
Doctrinal Research, the researcher has prepared questionnaire and
would also be relying upon a variety of secondary sources as the
scope of research is limited up to Gujarat National Law University.
The researchers have referred 184th Law Commission Report to get
brief understanding of this project.
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1. IntroductionStatement of Problem:
Law is a set of principles which regulates the Human behavior. Lawis a need of the society which governs the individual to behave in aparticular discipline, rules, regulations, terms and conditions asprescribed by laws. But when an individual fails to obey theprescribed law, it imposes penalty. In short, law is performing a roleof watchdog in the society.
In the present scenario, most of the people are having awarenessregarding law. Most of the students are interested to build up theircareer in the field of law. Many of them opt for corporate, judiciary,litigation, etc but very least student join in academics. Apart fromthat, there are many Traditional University which doesn’t haveproper infrastructure and teaching method.
Looking to the previous statistics, there are many colleges (ruralareas) which are not offering Post Graduate courses. But to get ridof this problem, the concept of National Law University emerged in1986 to enhance the standard of Legal Education and Research.
Not only Traditional University but also NLU’s which is providingprofessional education in Law, it is facing the problems of properacademician. So many posts are still vacant in these Universities.
Thus, in this entire project, the researcher will try to understanddeeply regarding the variables, social and economic factors, etc.which affects the law students for not joining academics.
Objectives:
The main objective of this project is as below:
1. To find out reasons why law students are not joiningacademics as their profession.
2. To find out the socio-economic conditions of their family.
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3. To find out whether there is any lack of sufficientinfrastructure.
Hypothesis:
1. There are limited colleges/institutions which provide higherlegal education.
2. Corporate jobs provide better pay packages.3. Various socio-economic factors affects towards disinclination
towards joining academics.
Scope of Research:
The scope of the research is limited to GNLU wherein theresearcher will take interview by sampling of questionnaire. 10students will be examined from 2nd year LLM batch, 10 Facultymembers and Research Associates, 10 students from 1st LLMbatch.
Methodology:
This research is Doctrinal as well as Non-doctrinal. As a DoctrinalResearch, the secondary data will be collected from various books,Law Commission Reports, UGC guidelines as well as other sourcesof internet. As far as Non-Doctrinal Research is concerned, theresearcher will take interview in the form of questionnaire from theabovementioned samples.
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2. Status of Legal Education in IndiaLegal study promotes accuracy of the expression, facility inarguments and skill in interpreting the written words, as well assome understanding of social values. So the Law acts as thecementing material of society and an essential medium of socialchange. A well administered and socially relevant legal education isa sine qua non for a proper dispensation of justice. Giving legaleducation a human face would create cultured law abiding citizenswho are able to serve as professionals and not merely as businessmen. The quality and standard of legal education acquired at the
law school is reflected through the standard of Bar and Bench andconsequently affects the legal system. The primary focus of lawschools should be to identify the various skills that define a lawyerand then train and equip its students with requirements of the fastgrowing field of law. It is pivotal duty of everyone to know the law.Ignorance of law is not innocence but a sin which cannot beexcused. Thus, legal education is imperative not only to producegood lawyers but also to create cultured law abiding citizens, whoare inculcated with concepts of human values, legal ethics andhuman rights.
The Constitution of India basically laid down the duty of impartingeducation on the states by putting the matter pertaining toeducation in List II of the Seventh Schedule. But it now forms partof List III, giving concurrent legislative powers to the Union and theStates. Legal profession along with the medical and otherprofessions also falls under List III (Entry 26). However, the Unionis empowered to co-ordinate and determines standards ininstitutions for higher education or research and scientific andtechnical institutions besides having exclusive power, inter alia,pertaining to educational institutions of national importance,professional, vocational or technical training and promotion ofspecial studies or research.1
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According to section 7 (1) (h) of the Advocates Act, 19612, the BarCouncil of India is empowered to promote legal education and laydown ‘standards’ of such education in consultation with theUniversities imparting such education. Section 2 (f) of the UniversityGrants Commission Act, 19563, the University Grants Commission(UGC) is also having power to exercise control over the Universitiesand affiliated colleges for prescribing standards of education. TheBCI may prescribe standards of legal education in consultation withthe universities. But in practice, it is not possible for the BCI toconsult each and every University and there is no mannerprescribed in the Advocates Act, 1961 for rendering effectiveconsultation in this regard.
Therefore the Commission has proposed that the University GrantsCommission should constitute its ‘Leal Education Committee’consisting of various specified faculty members. The Commissionhas recommended that the UGC Act, 1956 be amended byproviding a separate provision for constituting the ‘Legal EducationCommittee’ of the UGC. It has also recommended that the UGCshall nominate three members out of its Legal EducationCommittee, for the purpose of the ‘Legal Education Committee of the BCI. It has proposed that, the Legal Education Committee of theBCI should also have one retired Judge of the Supreme Court and
one retired Chief Justice or retired Judge of a High Court to benominated by the Chief Justice of India.4
Accordingly, it has recommended to amend section 10 (2) of theAdvocates Act, 1961. The Legal Education Committee of the BCIshould consult the Legal Education Committee of the UGC. It willhave to fulfill the requirements of specified consultation process.The procedure for consultation is provided in the proposed section10AA of the Advocates Act, 1961. It is also recommended toelaborate the expression ‘standards of legal education’, in the Actby amendment of section 7 (1) (h) of the Advocates Act.
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3. Analysis of Data
The researcher, as mentioned previously, had taken the samplesurvey of 30 people for the purpose of this research project. Thedetailed analysis of the data is mentioned as below:
The first question is what are the future prospects by joining law asa profession? So after collecting data and making analysis, theresearcher has found that the people choosing Litigation is 33.33%,for Judiciary is 13.33%, for Corporate is 23.33% and for Academicsis 30%. The detailed analysis in chart form is prescribed in Image 1
as below.
Litigation 10 Person [33.33%] Judiciary 04 Person [13.33%]Corporate 07 Person [23.33%] Academics 09 Person [30%]Others 00
The main reasons for choosing Litigation are to help the society.Apart from it, litigation is an independent job and people can earnmore in this field.
The reasons for the people, who are of the opinion of choosingAcademics, are interest, passion, attraction, family background, to
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enhance the standard of legal education, to educate the society andto get opportunity of research.
The general perception of the people choosing Corporate is betterpay scale and wider scope.
The reasons for choosing Judiciary are high reputation and to helpour Nation in reducing the backlog of cases.
The Third question is what are the reasons for student’sdisinclination for joining Academics? Thus, from the collection ofdata, the researcher found that 83.33% people thinks that corporate
provide better pay packages, 13.33% people thinks that studentshave no interest for joining academics. Whereas 3.33% peoplethink that it depends upon the situation. The detailed analysis ofthird answer is shown in Chart form in Image 2 as below:
No interest 04 person [13.33%]Corporate provide better pay packages 25 person [83.33%]Less number of Post Graduate seats 00 peopleAny Other 01 person [3.33%]
The fourth question is does time factor plays important role for not joining academics as a profession? [LLB (5yrs) + LLM (2yrs) +PHD] or [Graduation (3yrs) + LLB (3yrs) + LLM (2yrs) + PHD]. 47%
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4. Conclusion
In the present scenario, we see that most of the law college’s aswell National Law Universities (NLU’s) have vacancies inacademics. Even Higher Education seats also remain vacant. Thus,the researcher had made an attempt to find out what are thereasons for Disinclination of Law students for joining AcademicProfession. The reasons are as below:
Firstly, there are limited or less numbers of Law Colleges whichprovide Higher Legal Education. There is lack of sufficient
infrastructure which causes disinclination for students to joinAcademics.
Secondly, the main reason for disinclination of Law Students for joining Academics is that corporate sector provides better paypackages. In this world of competition, everyone is mad for money.
Thirdly, due to money constraint in the family, many studentscannot afford higher education. Higher Education is expensive inNational Law Universities and other private institutions incomparison to Traditional Universities. Thus, Economic factor is
also one of the main reasons for disinclination.
Fourthly, majority of the people think that the qualified faculty isvery less in law colleges, so it causes a reason for disinterest.
Fifthly, lack of sufficient library facilities causes major problems inHigher education. It creates dis-interest in the minds of thestudents.
Sixthly, majority people think that irregular or evening classes in lawcolleges affects the decision of student’s for joining higher education.
