In the west, lawyers need to undertake a specific period of legal training before they can enter the profession. Upon completion of this training, the students need to clear an examination. Unlike in India, simply qualifying the Bar exam does not entitle them a sanad. Many Law firms and law chambers in the west have developed their own training methods called training contracts and pupillages that train young graduates during this training period. During the training, the students work for the firm/chamber and are compensated well. Only a handful of Indian law firms have developed such a training module. Further, there is absolutely no structured training for young lawyers joining the Bar directly. Young law graduates join a practicing lawyer to learn court craft, while being meagerly compensated. Many such lawyers bring disrepute to the profession for their lack of knowledge and expertise in law.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a lawyers’ training program so as to standardize the training of future lawyers. Achieving this is critical to ensuring that lawyers’ attain a minimum level of legal knowledge and advocacy skills before they take on the responsibilities associated with representing clients before the courts. Additionally, the training plan has to be designed to increase public confidence in the legal system by setting clear ethical standards for the practice of law