Bachelor of Law(LL.B)

The Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree of the University of Nairobi prepares undergraduate students for

careers in legal education in both private and public sectors. The program is offered to both government

sponsored (module I) and self sponsored (Module II) students, over period of at least eight semesters

and more than twelve semesters. Each semester comprises fifteen weeks. Module II has flexible lecture

schedules and admission requirements that make the LL.B programme more accessible to and

accommodative of the special needs of those full time employment.

Objectives of the Law Curriculum 1

a)     To expose students to the multifaceted nature of the development process and arouse their intellectual and practical interest in the phenomena of nation building, fidelity to the law and its institutions and so develop responsibility for the national heritage.

b)     To introduce students to the social foundations and perspectives of the law.

c)     To inculcate in students sufficient technical skills for the extraction and communication of legal information to make their intellectual and professional lives exciting and fulfilling.

d)     To introduce students to the international legal order, its various manifestations and relationships with the municipal legal systems.

e)     To deepen students’ appreciation of the theory and substance of the law and its application to contemporary problems.