On Aug 16, 2013, at 11:25 PM, George Pinto <[email protected]> wrote:
Are the law courses taught at the various Goan law colleges deficient since they seem to fail to inculcate basic civic and social outreach? What is a law degree worth without social responsibility? Is the legal community pretending to be asleep while the same group of Goan activists have to fight for public and social causes? My dear George, Taking note of the maxim that there are always exceptions to the rule, the following may be asked wrt the professions: a: Which are the 1st choice professions for Goans? b: Do the brightest decide to attend Law School? c: What is the normal experience of the average Joe, Janaki or Janardhan who seek counsel from a lawyer? d: What is the meaning of 'Quieting of (Land) Titles'? e: How do we feel about the advice received by victims of Negligence (including Medical Negligence)? f: Do most lawyers (and thereby) clients have the benefit large legal databases like LexisN to search and prepare for the court appearance? g: Is it advantageous for the client to forever have 'continuance' and Pay every time their case gets postponed? h: Is the lawyer on the side of the client? i: could this "will" ...... http://tinyurl.com/Kitem-re-4 j: Any room for Social Conscience or even Conscience? k: While it could be argued that ALL over the world, one could find unscrupulous individuals including lawyers, DID lawyers in Portuguese Goa have the reputation of being unscrupulous ? l: and what about the Juiz? jc
