NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES TO LEGAL EDUCATION

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has something to "take" from every area of higher learning, including the arts, social sciences, physics, technology, law, and all other types of education (general, pro-fessional, and technical). A reference to legal education inside the framework of higher education is a first for the National Education Policy. According to Policy 2020, all independent universities, including Na-tional Law Universities, are required to transform into interdisciplinary institutions. All institutions that offer general or professional education will naturally seek to become institutions that offer both fluid and integrated education by the year 2030. The Policy called for the abolition of the affiliation system and the transformation of affiliated colleges into either constituent institution of the university under the direct management and control of the university or autonomous multidisciplinary degree-granting institutions, or for a small number of affiliated colleges to be bundled together through mergers and acquisitions and then converted into either autonomous colleges or universities. There will be a unified regulatory framework for all types of education under the NEP 2020, with the exception of legal and medical education. The Pol-icy did not, however, name or establish a separate authority to oversee law and medicine. A professional body for practising advocates was solely established by the Advocates Act, whereas the National Medical Commission (NMC) was established to regulate medical education; the Bar Council of India (BCI) was established for the same purpose (Bar Council of India and States). Every type of education, including ac-ademic, professional, and clinical skill learning, as well as all levels of legal education (undergraduate, postgraduate, and research studies), must adhere to the NEP 2020 if the BCI is to fulfil its regulatory role in the field. Assuming the NEP 2020 deadline is final and the NEP mandates a new educational model, BCI must prioritise the necessary steps and demonstrate how these changes can be implemented at all levels within the given timeframe.

• Education
• NEP
• National Education Policy
• Law
• Legal Education
• BCI

• Dr. Gururaj Devarhubli, Assistant Professor of Law, Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Emil guru-rajdd95@gmail.com
• Dr. Purnima Chaudhary, Assistant Professor of Law & Head of Department, IPEM Law Academy, Ghaziabad, UP

Dr. Gururaj Devarhubli ; Dr. Purnima Chaudhary, “NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES TO LEGAL EDUCATION,” IPEM Law Journal, vol. 8, pp. 89–97, Dec. 2024, doi

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