BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA
Part –IV
Rules of Legal Education

Rules on standards of legal education and recognition of degrees in law for the purpose of enrolment
as advocateand inspection of Universities for recognizing its degree in law under
Sections 7(1)(h) and (i), 24(1)(c)(iii), and (iiia), 49(1)(af),(ag),and (d) of the
Advocates Act, 1961 made by the Bar Council of India in consultation with
Universities and State Bar Councils


CHAPTER IV
Directorate of Legal Education

34. Directorate of Legal Education

The Bar Council of India shall establish a Directorate of Education for the purpose of organizing, running, conducting, holding, and administering

(a) Continuing Legal education,

(b) Teachers training,

(c) Advanced specialized professional courses,

(d) Education program for Indian students seeking registration after obtaining Law Degree from a Foreign University,

(e) Research on professional Legal Education and Standardization,

(f) Seminar and workshop,

(g) Legal Research,

(h) any other assignment that may be assigned to it by the Legal Education Committee and the Bar Council of India.

35. Director of Legal Studies

(a) The Directorate shall be under the charge of a Director of Legal Studies.

(b) The Director shall be appointed by the Bar Council of India on the advice of the Legal Education Committee from leading senior legal educationists holding the post of Professor of Law in a University whose degree is recognized, either in service or retired.

36. Legal Education Officer (LEO)

(a) The Bar Council of India may appoint one or more LEO on the recommendation of the Director of Legal Education and in consultation with the Chairman of the Legal Education Committee.

(b) The LEO shall be in the whole time service of the Council on such terms and conditions and selected in such manner as may be determined by the Council from time to time.

(c) The LEO shall have the minimum qualification to be appointed as an Associate Professor or Reader in law in any University under UGC Rules.

(d) The LEO shall discharge such functions as may be allotted to him by the Legal Education Committee, Bar Council of India or the Director of Legal Studies.