All Law Students, Except in Final Year, to be Promoted: Bar Council of India

The Bar Council of India has said that all students of law, except those in their final year, will be promoted on the basis of their previous year’s marks and marks obtained in the internal examination of the current year.

The BCI has released new guidelines for promoting law students to the next year. It has also made guidelines regarding the yardsticks for law examinations. This comes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

After the colleges and universities reopen, they may give the end-semester examinations to the students of that year from which the students have been promoted. Regardless of their performance in the test, they will continue to study in the new year.

If the students are unable to pass any paper, they will have to clear it before they are granted the degree. In the case of students who have been promoted to their final year, they will have to pass all papers to obtain their degree, the BCI said.

In the case of the final year students, the BCI permitted them to take online examinations. Students in the final year who are required to take supplementary examinations may be allowed to write a project report or take the supplementary examination online.

The lawyers’ body clarified that for final year LLB students, the universities may adopt any method they deem suitable. “Under this system, the University may allow students to write a project report/research paper for each paper of the final year or they may adopt a foolproof method to double the internal marks of the semester exams already held for such year,” said a senior official of the lawyers’ body.

The BCI also urged the university to maintain the norm of social distancing on the campus and that all classrooms and examination halls are sanitized regularly.