This article, written against a backdrop of social and political unrest, attempts to rediscover a lost dimension of legal education that has been relegated to the background in the past. The authors argue that legal education cannot develop independently of social realities, nor can it be a spectator of the metamorphosis of society. Legal education has a moral obligation to shape society and ensure that transitions unfold undisrupted. In our view, the current structure of legal education is hopelessly ill-equipped and ill-prepared for this fundamental task. Therefore, in this article, we present an indinized version of Jefferson`s vision of legal education based on social responsibility. In turn, the article describes the often ignored individual roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. It goes without saying that legal education plays an important role in building a law-abiding society. Excellence in legal education and research is extremely important as it will help shape the quality of the rule of law. The invaluable experience that legal education can offer future lawyers is manifold. Chief among them is exposure. To a variety of legal entities – procedures, contracts, torts, criminal law, evidence, constitutional law, corporate law, property law, administrative law, jurisdiction, labor law, commercial law and so on.

These are essential for smart legal practice. It also provides law students with a supervised, rigorous and disciplined opportunity to develop practical legal skills through clinics, articling positions, and litigation practice and negotiation courses. It`s a better way for young lawyers to learn skills instead of doing thankless errands for established lawyers who are often too busy to teach. In short, legal education is a form of human science that, beyond techniques, skills and competences, offers the fundamental philosophies, ideologies, criticisms and tools, all aimed at creating and maintaining a just society. On July 7 last year, law students in Nagaland repeatedly protested, calling on the state government to establish state legal institutions within the state. Even to say that the demand is real is really to minimize the seriousness of the problem. Among the many voices that emerged from the protests that day, one phrase stood out. One of the student leaders called the absence of a state law school in Nagaland the most profound demonstration of negligence on the part of the state government. Delhi Supreme Court; Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University (BHU). While the reality is that it is not only law schools, but all other colleges that were neglected in Nagaland from the late 80s to late 90s, the judiciary in all its structure has always played second fiddle to executive power in Nagaland. The legal department was and still is considered a destitute department.

As one of the rectors of private law schools pointed out, the state government was not even able to separate the judiciary from the executive. It is clear that this apathy towards the judiciary as a whole must disappear. And the sooner the better. Subscribe to this paid newspaper for more selected articles on the topic Sign up here to receive the latest news, updates and special offers straight to your inbox. It`s hard to disagree with this statement. Until recently, the concept, understanding, interpretation and enforcement of the law by the people of Nagaland was very different from that of others. In some places, this is still the case. Thus, the modern legal concept is still a new territory for most people in Nagaland. It is in the context of this broader context that we should see the demand from law students for state law schools in Nagaland. Keywords: Legal education, society, social responsibility In this context too, we must take note of the protesting students` assertion that studying law in private universities is too expensive.

In addition, the lack of appropriate infrastructure, libraries, faculties and resources at these colleges was cited as a reason that makes it «even more difficult for students to continue their education.» One of the protesters raised the question: If the public and student organizations felt the need for a law school in the late `80s, how is it that the state government still comes to a similar realization today? Electronic Journal of Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.