Attorney General Githu muigai.[photo/kenyatoday]If a proposal by a taskforce is adopted by the government students wishing to pursue law degree programmes will be subjected to pre-university assessments.The content of the pre-university assessment will be determined by universities as a criteria for admission to the LL.B Programme.“The aforementioned test shall be administered by universities at their discretion. The Council of Legal Education will undertake a study on the model of pre-university assessment currently undertaken at Makerere University in Uganda, Riara and Strathmore universities in Kenya and report on the findings of the study to the Attorney-General,” recommends the taskforce.The move is aimed at ensuring that only those who are qualified pursue the programme. Over half of law graduates fail to qualify as advocates.The report says, “Unfortunately, while the number of graduates has increased, there have been concerns about deterioration in the quality, professional capacity, and competence of these graduates as they transition into practitioners. This decline has in turn been attributed to the decline in quality and standards of training and apprenticeship.” "There is a relationship between the increased enrolment and fail rate. As the number of students enrolled in the LL.B programme increases, the failure rate similarly increases,” adds the report. The report further adds.“Currently, most law schools lack professors of law and have to settle for persons with Masters qualifications to deliver their programmes. Regrettably, in some campuses, there are some lecturers who do not even hold the minimum qualifications required to teach law."The taskforce is also cautioning against the Commission of University Education (CUE) taking over the accreditation of law programmes in universities.

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