BCI Trust signs MoU with KIIT to set up Indian Institute of Law

 

 

 

THE Bar Council of India through its trust BCI Trust for Promotion of Education (Legal & Professional) and Reforms in Law and For Improvement of Research and Social Training has taken the initiative to establish the Indian Institute of Law (IIL), a model Institute of Law Teachers’.

 

The academy would primarily be for the teachers of Law. The IIL would work in collaboration with Kalinga Institute of IndustrialTechnology (KIIT), the famous Deemed University at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.Till date, there is no training institute in Law to cater to the needs for skill development of the LawTeachers and the Advocates. In the IIL, the young teachers of Law Schools of India and Advocates would enhance their expertise and professional skill and acumen. The Bar Council of India and its trust recently contacted Member of Parliament Dr Achyuta Samanta, a great visionary, academician and founder of KIIT and KISS, Deemed Universities and decided to establish the Indian Institute of Law (IIL) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha in collaboration with and support of KIIT University.

 

BCI Trust has entered into an MoU with KIIT and accordingly KIIT has provided requisite land at the prime location of Bhubaneswar (Patia). This apart, the KIIT will also bear 40 per cent of the cost of the infrastructure of the proposed campus of 1.5 lakh square feet area. Indian Institute of Law will administer and run various programmes for Continuing Legal Education, professional skill development programmes, refresher courses, and learning courses for Alternative Dispute resolution methods viz. Mediation and Conciliation.

 

Under various centers of learning; it shall undertake research in all aspects of law, justice and social development. Council and will have adequate representation from the Higher Judiciary, Government, Ministry of Education, UGC, Academicians, Senior Members of the Bar, the Chief Justice of Odisha etc.