In addition to the taught theory papers, each student has to complete four practical papers, carrying 100 marks each.

Practical Paper I

Moot Court, Pre-trial Preparations and participation in pre trial proceedings, detailed as below:

This paper will have three components of 30 marks each and a viva for 10 marks.

a) Moot Court ( 30 marks )
Every student will do at least 3 moot courts in a year with 10 marks for each. The moot court work will be on assigned problems and it will be evaluated for 5 marks for written submissions and 5 marks for oral advocacy.

b) Observance of trial in two cases, one civil and one criminal (30 marks)
Students will attend two trials in the course of the last 2 or 3 years of L.L.B. studies. They will maintain a record and enter the various steps observed during their attendance on different days in the Court assignment. This scheme will carry 30 marks.

c) Interviewing techniques and Pre trial preparations (30 marks)
Each student will observe two interviewing sessions of clients at the Lawyer's Office / Legal aid Office and record the proceedings in a diary which will carry 15 marks. Each student will further observe the preparation of documents and court papers by the Advocate and the procedure for the filing of the suit / petition. This will be recorded in the diary, which will carry 15 marks.

d) The fourth component of this paper will be Viva Voce examination on all the above 3 aspects. This will carry 10 marks.

Practical Paper II

Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing.

This course will be taught through class instructions and simulation exercises preferably with assistance of practicing lawyers/retired judges. Apart from teaching the relevant provisions of law, the course will include 15 exercise in Drafting carrying a total of 45 marks and 15 exercises in Conveyancing Carrying another 45 marks (3 marks for each exercise)

a) Drafting:-
General principles of drafting and relevant substantive rules shall be taught.

b) Pleadings:
1. Civil
   (i) Plaint
   (ii) Written Statement
   (iii) Interlocutory Application
   (iv) Original Petition
   (v) Affidavit
   (vi) Execution Petition and
   (vii) Memorandum of Appeal and revision
   (viii) Petition under Article 226 and 32 of the Constitution of India.

2. Criminal
   (i) Complaints
   (ii) Criminal Miscellaneous petition
   (iii) Bail Application and
   (iv) Memorandum of Appeal and Revision

c) Conveyancing:
   (i) Sale Deed
   (ii) Mortgage Deeds
   (iii) Lease Deeds
   (iv) Gift Deed
   (v) Promissory Note
   (vi) Power of Attorney
   (vii) Will

The remaining 10 marks will be given in a viva voce examination which will test the understanding of legal practice in relation to Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing.

Practical Paper III

Professional Ethics, Accountancy for Lawyers and Bar Bench Relations

This course will be taught in association with practicing lawyers on the basis of the following material:

a) Mr. Krishnamurthy Iyer's Book on Advocacy
b) The Contempt law and practice
c) The bar Council Code of Ethics
d) 50 selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar councils and 10 major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject.

As part of this practical paper, the students are required to attend a lawyer's office for 30 working days as a trainee and submit a detailed report of the work done or observation made in their journal, which should be duly, certified by the lawyer whose office they have attended. Those students who do not intend to enter the profession but would like to take up employment in the fields relating to law may opt to undertake the training with any of the industries or large trading houses wherein they are expected to study the legal process involved in the establishment of such an organization and their day to day working in terms of the legal aspects and issues. Their observations and findings should be recorded in the journal in the form of a project report.

In lieu of the written examination, Colleges may be encouraged wherever appropriate to give seminars and projects where they are expected to research and write persuasive memoranda on topics identified in the above subjects.

Practical Paper IV

Public Interest Lawyering, Legal Aid and Para Legal Services.

This course carrying 100 marks will have to be designed and evaluated according to local conditions by the College in consultation with the Universities and State bar Councils. It can be taught partly through classroom instruction including simulation exercises and partly through extension programs like Lok Adalat, Legal Aid Camp, Legal Literacy and Para Legal training. The course should also contain lessons on negotiations and counseling, use of Computer in legal work, legal research in support of Public Interest Litigation, writing of case comments, editing of Law journals and law office Management. The marks may be appropriately divided to the different programs that each University might evolve for introduction in the Colleges under its control.

Note

In order to give the students adequate training, the teaching programme for the practical papers will be carried out simultaneously along with the teaching program for the theory papers. Students are expected to maintain a journal for each of the practical paper separately and keep a proper record of their activities, attendance at courts, office of the lawyer, legal aid cells, public interest work undertaken in the respective journals. These journals have to be certified and endorsed from time to time by the faculty member in charge as notified by the College. These journals have to be submitted for assessment and viva before the end of the last semester as per the time schedule notified by the College/University.

 

Contact Information

The Principal,
V.M. Salgaocar College of Law,
Miramar - Panjim, Goa,
403 001 - India.
Phone: +91-832-462225
Fax: +91-832-421571
Email: principal@vmslaw.edu