our system in india emphasizes bookish knowledge and classroom training like school children but our experience taught us that practical training is the key to success. what is the value of a lawyer who cannot draft a petition or plaint or argue properly but knows all the laws?
i think its time to rethink the value of the system of legal education in india.
From our point of view the specialized practical training has an important role in training specialists. In Romania, at national level, for the law schools there have been established specific standards, which take into consideration the achievement of specialized practical training. Specialized practice is a compulsory subject, the duration of which is regulated by the curriculum, complying with the law in force, whose deployment is performed based on the agreements concluded with the courts, prosecutors’ offices, law firms, notaries, local public administration authorities.
Prof. Vasilica Negrut
Danubius University, Romania
but how funny will the lawyer be if he has all the knowledge of lawbooks but who does not know how to file his case ?
classroom teaching will not make one master of reality viz. it cannot teach one strategy, tactics employed in court of law which is necessary for practice.
I am not sure you can quantify academic over practical education. Each has its place and certainly its value. It is a variation of the philosophical argument between the body’s organs, each saying they were more important than the other. However, without each the body may not function. Similarly, lawyers, barristers, and solicitors must have the academic foundation to practice. When they do practice, they learn lessons which many never be adequately addressed in the classroom.
Depends on what one is training for and on individual characteristics. Some traslate theory into practice better than other. In the long run both are usually desirable.
Most of the Law Faculties in Romania have in their curriculum a discipline called “Juridical Clinic”. With this discipline students are prepared to implement their knowledge. In addition, each year, the students have simulated trials, with different roles: judge, prosecutor, parties in trial. A university hall is decorated as a courtroom. Moreover, the students participate in contests of simulated trials organized by universities or associations (ELSA, the European Law Students Association), with the support of specialists - judges, prosecutors, lawyers. Also, teachers of the faculty can be judges, prosecutors, lawyers, to major disciplines, such as civil procedure law or criminal procedure law; for students this proved to be very beneficial.
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