Coaching for Preparation of The All India Bar Exam for becoming an Advocate

Offering Expert and Personal Coaching / Tuition for All India Bar Exam, to be conducted in December 2010 by the Bar Council of India, for becoming an Advocate in India. This is a MANDATORY exam to be taken by all law graduates passing out from this year onwards.

The Bar Exam Coaching Classes will be held on Weekends and will be in the form of discussions rather than one-way lectures. The classes will begin with an Orientation Lecture followed by regular classes of 2-3 hour duration involving detailed discussion of the subjects tested on the Exam, as listed in the Syllabus. DO NOT BE AFRAID IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU STUDIED IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL, or you did not understand the basic concepts. The classes will be focused on imparting basic understanding of the legal principles from the syllabus of the Bar Exam and not just giving lectures. Please contact the undersigned for more details.

Name: Abhishek Sharma
Email: abhishekisnow@gmail.com
Classes on Saturday and Sundays only

SYLLABUS for the All India Bar Exam

The Exam takers will be required to answer questions from 20 subjects of law, which are divided into two categories. The Examination paper will comprise at least seven (7) questions from each ‘Category I’ subject, of which three (3) will be Category A questions, and four (4) will be Category B questions (‘Category A’ and ‘Category B’ questions are described in detail below). The paper will also have twenty-three (23) questions from the ‘Category II’ subjects as a whole, and these twenty-three questions will include questions from at least five (5) Category II subjects. All questions from Category II subjects will be Category B questions.
Category I subjects will be tested in Part I of the question paper, and Category II subjects will be tested in Part II of the question paper.

CATEGORY I subjects:
1. Alternative Dispute Resolution
2. Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act
3. Constitutional Law
4. Contract Law, including Specific Relief, Special Contracts, and Negotiable Instruments
5. Criminal Law I: The Indian Penal Code
6. Criminal Procedure
7. Drafting, Pleading, and Conveyancing
8. Evidence
9. Jurisprudence
10. Professional Ethics and the Professional Code of Conduct for Advocates
11. Property Law

CATEGORY II subjects:
12. Administrative Law
13. Company Law
14. Environmental Law
15. Family Law
16. Human Rights Law
17. Labour and Industrial Law
18. Law of Tort, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Consumer Protection Law
19. Principles of Taxation Law
20. Public International Law

IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL INDIA BAR EXAM 2010

July 15 – September 30, 2010 - Registration for the All India Bar Examination (forms available at all State Bar Councils)

August 16, 2010 – first week of October, 2010 - Dispatch of Preparatory Materials to advocates appearing for the All-India Bar Examination on December 5, 2010

August 16, 2010 onwards - Model Test Papers available on the B.C.I. website

November 1, 2010 - Publication of list of candidates and examination centers on the B.C.I. website

December 5, 2010 - Date of the first All India Bar Examination

By December 31, 2010 - Declaration of results of First All India Examination

In April and November every year - Bi-annual examinations held from 2011

Coaching for Preparation of The All India Bar Exam for becoming an Advocate

Offering Expert and Personal Coaching / Tuition for All India Bar Exam, to be conducted in December 2010 by the Bar Council of India, for becoming an Advocate in India. This is a MANDATORY exam to be taken by all law graduates passing out from this year onwards.

The Bar Exam Coaching Classes will be held on Weekends and will be in the form of discussions rather than one-way lectures. The classes will begin with an Orientation Lecture followed by regular classes of 2-3 hour duration involving detailed discussion of the subjects tested on the Exam, as listed in the Syllabus. DO NOT BE AFRAID IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU STUDIED IN YOUR LAW SCHOOL, or you did not understand the basic concepts. The classes will be focused on imparting basic understanding of the legal principles from the syllabus of the Bar Exam and not just giving lectures. Please contact the undersigned for more details.

Name: Abhishek Sharma
Email: abhishekisnow@gmail.com
Classes on Saturday and Sundays only

Decision to conduct First All India Bar Exam notified...

The Bar Council of India's amendment to the Bar Council of India Rules has created a landmark condition to practice law as an advocate in India. The decision was notified in the Official Gazette of India on June 12, 2010. Hence all law students graduating from academic year 2009-2010 will now have to sit for and pass a Bar Exam in India, if they wish to practice law as an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961.

The relevant portion of the Rules read as under:

9. No advocate enrolled under section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961 shall be entitled to practice under Chapter IV of the Advocates Act, 1961, unless such advocate successfully passes the All India Bar Examination conducted by the Bar Council of India. It is clarified that the Bar Examination shall be mandatory for all law students graduating from academic year 2009-2010 onwards and enrolled as advocates under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961.

The All India Bar Examination

10. (1) The All India Bar Examination shall be conducted by the Bar Council of India.

(a) The Bar Examination shall be held at least twice each year in such month and such places that the Bar Council of India may determine from time to time.

(b) The Bar Examination shall test advocates in such substantive and procedural law areas as the Bar Council of India may determine from time to time.

(c) Such substantive/procedural law areas and syllabi shall be published by the Bar Council of India at least three months prior to the scheduled date of examination.

(d) The percentage of marks required to pass the Bar Examination shall be determined by the Bar Council of India.

(e) An unsuccessful advocate may appear again for the Bar Examination, without any limit on the number of appearances.

(f) The Bar Council of India, through a committee of experts, shall determine the syllabi, recommended readings, appointment of paper setters, moderators, evaluators, model answers, examination hall rules and other related matters.

(g) The Bar Council of India shall determine the manner and format of application for the examination.

(h) Upon successfully passing the Bar Examination, the advocate shall be entitled to a Certificate of Practice.

Application for Certificate of Practice

11. (1) The Certificate of Practice shall be issued by the Bar Council of India to the address of the successful advocate within 30 days of the date of declaration of results.

(2) The Certificate of Practice shall be issued by the Bar Council of India under the signature of the Chairman, Bar Council of India.