Functions
Section 7 of the Advocates Act, 1961 lays down the Bar Council’s regulatory and representative mandate. The functions of the Bar Council are to: 1. Lay down standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates 2. Lay down procedure to be followed by disciplinary committees 3. Safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates 4. Promote and support law reform 5. Deal with and dispose of any matter which may be referred by a State Bar Council 6. Promote legal education and lay down standards of legal education. 7. Determine universities whose degree in law shall be a qualification for enrolment as an advocate 8. Conduct seminars on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest 9. Organize and provide legal aid to the poor 10. Recognize foreign qualifications in law obtained outside India for admission as an advocate 11. Manage and invest funds of the Bar Council. 12. Provide for the election of its members who shall run the Bar Councils
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