Techno-Legal Education in India

This post was written by Praveen Dalal on 28 December, 2006 (10:54) | All News, Research News, Society and Culture, Business News, Blogosphere News, India News, Technology News, Education News

I. Introduction
The law regulates the social interests, arbitrates conflicting claims and demands security of persons and property of the people and is an essential function of the state. It could be achieved through instrumentality of law. Undoubtedly, there is a cross cultural conflict where living law must find answer to the new challenges. Therefore, law as a corner stone of the edifice of order should meet the challenges confronting the society.[1] One such challenge that is confronting the present legal system of India is the integration of law with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The same can be achieved if we pay attention at the grassroot level, i.e. at the level of inculcation of legal education. Thus, law colleges and institutions must pay adequate attention towards revising their syllabus as per the contemporary requirements of ICT.
With an English speaking skilled legal force, India is undoubtedly the best destination for the following:
(a) Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO),
(b) Legal Business Process Outsourcing (Legal BPO),
(c) Legal Knowledge Process Outsourcing (Legal KPO), etc.
The gradual shift from legal BPO to legal KPO is posing a big challenge to Indian outsourcing industry as we are running short of “legal experts” who can manage domain specific problems. Although the requirements of legal BPO can be met with success with simple graduates and less skilled employees, yet legal KPO requires a totally different infrastructure and manpower. Unfortunately, our educational system is not upto the mark to meet the growing and challenging demands of KPO industry. We have to change the legal educational system and structure so that domain specific experts can be produced at the University level itself.

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