It prescribes standards of professional conduct, etiquettes and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the bar.

It also sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities whose law degrees will qualify students to enrol themselves as advocates upon graduation.

In 1961, the Advocates Act[3] was introduced to implement the recommendations made by the 'All India Bar Committee' and 'Law Commission'.

[5] [6] Eligible persons having a recognised law degree are admitted as advocates on the rolls of the state bar Councils.

Moreover, AIBE is no longer an open-book examination as BCI banned reference material inside the exam centres in 2022.

So far 16 editions of the AIBE examination have been conducted successfully allowing law graduates to obtain the Certificate of Practice.

BCI is planning to make the AIBE stricter than its previous editions, as the exam is an evaluation tool to ensure high-quality legal education and profession in India.