<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Legal profession has experienced substantial changes owing to economic needs and evolution of legal industry and market. This has multiplied the need of new breed of competent and well versed lawyers in the global legal profession. The character and calibre of the legal profession is determined by the quality and standard of law faculties and of legal education. The study intends to explore and compare the legal education and admission to practice in China, India and Pakistan. It further expounds the structure, purpose, teaching methods, pathways to admission and problems of legal education in all jurisdictions. The research contemplates on the distinctive features of legal education and its compatibility with practical aspect of legal profession in the selected countries. The study finds that China and Pakistan have a similar structure of mandatory training after graduation which India does not provide for. The study concludes that all jurisdictions must include legal practical course into their curriculum to be able to compete with the global demand.</p></abstract>

Legal profession has experienced substantial changes owing to economic needs and evolution of legal industry and market. This has multiplied the need of new breed of competent and well versed lawyers in the global legal profession. The character and calibre of the legal profession is determined by the quality and standard of law faculties and of legal education. The study intends to explore and compare the legal education and admission to practice in China, India and Pakistan. It further expounds the structure, purpose, teaching methods, pathways to admission and problems of legal education in all jurisdictions. The research contemplates on the distinctive features of legal education and its compatibility with practical aspect of legal profession in the selected countries. The study finds that China and Pakistan have a similar structure of mandatory training after graduation which India does not provide for. The study concludes that all jurisdictions must include legal practical course into their curriculum to be able to compete with the global demand.

Cross-National Comparative Study on Legal Education and Admission to Practice Between China, India and Pakistan

Journal of Legal Studies

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Legal profession has experienced substantial changes owing to economic needs and evolution of legal industry and market. This has multiplied the need of new...

Cross-National Comparative Study on Legal Education and Admission to Practice Between China, India and Pakistan

Published Online: Jun 29, 2018

Page range: 16 - 37

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: May 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jles-2018-0002

Keywords
cross-national, comparative, legal education, admission to practice, China, India, Pakistan

© 2018 Yu ShuHong, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Cross-National Comparative Study on Legal Education and Admission to Practice Between China, India and Pakistan

Published Online: Jun 29, 2018

Page range: 16 - 37

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: May 01, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jles-2018-0002

Keywordscross-national, comparative, legal education, admission to practice, China, India, Pakistan

© 2018 Yu ShuHong, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cross-national, comparative, legal education, admission to practice, China, India, Pakistan