All India Bar Exams

The Bar Council of India has announced that an all India Bar exam will be conducted from now onwards for law graduates who intend to practice in courts and this includes graduates of 2009-2010. The examination will have 100 multiple choice questions from the syllabus prescribed for 3 and 5 year LLB courses and the duration of the exam will be 3 hours 30 minutes. The Bar Council will provide necessary reading material to the applicants and the applicants are allowed to refer to books, notes etc. during the examination.The first exam is going to be conducted on 5th December 2010. The results of this examination will be released on 31st December 2010. The results will only announce if the advocate has passed or failed i.e. it will only inform the person whether he/she is eligible to practice in courts or not and marks or ranks will not be disclosed.

Details of the examination, application procudure and schedule (relevant dates) for the graduates of 2009-2010 is available at the Bar Council Website.

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