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→ To lay down standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates.
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→ To lay down procedure to be followed by its disciplinary committee and the disciplinary committees of each State Bar Council.
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→ To safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates.
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→ To promote and support law reform.
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→ To deal with and dispose of any matter which may be referred to it by a State Bar Council.
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→ To promote legal education and to lay down standards of legal education. This is done in consultation with the Universities in India imparting legal education and the State Bar Councils.
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→ To recognise Universities whose degree in law shall be a qualification for enrolment as an advocate. The Bar Council of India visits and inspects Universities, or directs the State Bar Councils to visit and inspect Universities for this purpose.
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→ To conduct seminars and talks on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest.
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→ To organise legal aid to the poor.
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→ To recognise on a reciprocal basis, the foreign qualifications in law obtained outside India for the purpose of admission as an advocate in India.
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→ To manage and invest the funds of the Bar Council.
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→ To provide for the election of its members who shall run the Bar Councils.
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