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Practical Training I · Semester 5 · Third Year

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Syllabus for Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System

Practical Training I · Semester 5 · Third Year

Module I

  • 1.1 Enrolment of Lawyers- Qualifications prescribed u/s 24 of the Advocates Act 1961and procedure
  • 1.2 Common Terminology: Solicitor, Advocate, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Legal Practitioners, Barrister, AOR,Amicus Curie
  • 1.3 Seven Lamps of Advocacy: Honesty, Courage, Industry, Wit, Eloquence, Judgment and Fellowship
  • 1.4 The Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council- Constitution, Powers and Functions
  • 1.5 Privileges of a lawyer- Salient features of the Advocates Act, 1961
  • 1.6 Right to Practice
  • 1.7 Designation as Senior Counsel: Indira Jaising v/s SC of India (SC 2017)

Module II

  • 2.1 Professional Ethics- Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette
  • 2.2 Duties A. Duty to the court B. Duty to the client C. Duty to the opponent D. Duty to the profession E. Duty to the colleagues F. Duty to public, state and society
  • 2.3 Duty to Render Legal Aid

Module III

  • 3.1 Professional Misconduct
  • 3.2 Punishment for misconduct
  • 3.3 Remedies against the order of punishment
  • 3.4 Review by the State Bar Council of its own order 3.5 Disciplinary Committee of the State Bar Council- Organisation and powers and procedure
  • 3.6 Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India- Organisation and powers and procedure
  • 3.7 Transfer of proceedings from the State Bar Council to the Bar Council of India
  • 3.8 Selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of Bar Councils and Major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject.

Module IV

  • 4.1 The Contempt Law and Practice- Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
  • 4.2 Bar Bench relations - Role of the Bar to Strengthen Bar-Bench Relations
  • 4.3 Accountancy for Lawyers i.Amount due to the client or amount due by the client; ii.Penalty for not keeping Account Books; iii. Bar council Rules relating to accounting. iv. Basic principles of accounting, financial statements, balance sheet, income statement

Recommended Readings

  • Mr. Krishnamurthy Iyer‘s book on ―Advocacy‖
  • Professional Conduct and Advocacy B S Raman
  • Advocates Act, 1961
  • Contempt of Courts Act, 1971  N R Madhava Menon, (ed,) - Clinical Legal Education (1998), Dr B Malik, (Ed)  Art of Lawyer (New Delhi, Universal Book Agency, 1999)

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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