The Indian Association of Lawyers announced in a press meet here that they will conduct a dharna in front of the Secretariat on July 10, raising three demands.
The demands are to introduce a stipend system for young lawyers, to set up an Advocates’ Academy in the same model as the Judicial Academy which was set up recently, and to increase the aid from welfare fund of lawyers to Rs 15 lakhs.
“Most of the freshers in this profession come from middle class families, and many are switching from legal practice to other professions because of financial constraints”, said association general secretary Adv A Jayashankar.
“A stipend will help the freshers”, he said.
He also said that many subjects taught in law colleges are bulks of information which serve no practical purpose.
“Consider this; private international law which is taught in the law college asks which law will be applicable for the divorce of a German Jew who married a British Jew in Czechoslovakia. What practical purpose does it have for one practising here?” Jayashankar asked.
“This is why we demand an Advocates’ Academy for training of freshers in the profession, and this idea has been already implemented in the Judicial Academy”, he added.