Three Supreme Court judges RM lodha, AK Patnaik and V Gopala Gowda will arrive here on Wednesday to attend a joint programme to launch the lawyers’ Academy of the State and the Rajiv Gandhi Advocates’ Training Programme. The lawyers’ Academy of Odisha has formed a nonprofit charitable trust for continuous learning and research and capacity building of the lawyers of the State.
“The trust aims at endowing the advocates with enhanced skills to serve the society efficiently,” said convener of the trust advocate Dayanidhi lenka. lenka said the inaugural ceremony of the academy would be held on Wednesday along with the launching of the Rajiv Gandhi Advocates’ Training Programme by the National law University of Odisha. According to sources, some young lawyers would be shortlisted for two-month training at the Odisha Judicial Academy under the auspices of the law university. lawyers below 30 years of age practising in magistrate and munsif courts and having monthly income of less than Rs15, 000 would be shortlisted for the training. The shortlisted lawyers would be provided free lodging and boarding.