Legal Literature: A Descriptive Analysis

‘Literature is the reflection of life.’ Thus, studying "Literature" is beneficial for one's spiritual renewal in addition to intellectual goals. The use of literary texts in language classes can foster the development of young students' critical thinking skills. The present paper emphasizes the value of "Literature" in a “Legal English” course. The "Bar Council of India" agrees that literature is important and has suggested that “Legal English” should be a compulsory subject in law schools. The authors have described how, during the COVID-19 pandemic, first-semester law school undergraduate students performed a dramatization of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice using a "Virtual Platform" (Zoom). Upon completion of the class activity, the classroom goals of group scaffolding, creative use of literary language, and cross-cultural understanding were attained.