CLE Drops New List of Approved Law Schools—UoN, Moi Yet to Receive Approval.
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has published the current status of institutions offering legal education programmes in Kenya, identifying universities that have been licensed and those whose applications for accreditation remain under consideration.
According to the Council of Legal Education, the University of Nairobi Parklands Campus, Moi University School of Law, and Kabarak University School of Law are among the institutions whose applications to offer law programmes have not yet been approved.
The Council further listed Africa Nazarene University, Egerton University, Rongo University, Kenya Methodist University, and Murang’a University of Technology among institutions whose applications remain pending. The applications are undergoing review following inspection and evaluation exercises conducted by the Council of Legal Education.
The affected institutions are required to address issues identified during the inspection and evaluation process before any licensing decision is made.
Council of Legal Education Chief Executive Officer Jack Mwimali stated that only institutions appearing on the Council’s list of licensed institutions are authorised to admit students into approved legal education programmes.
For the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) programme, the Council of Legal Education has licensed the following institutions:
- Umma University
- Chuka University
- Tharaka University
- Zetech University
- Tom Mboya University
- Daystar University
- University of Embu
- Kisii University
- Mount Kenya University
- Riara University
- Kenyatta University
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
- Strathmore University
- Maseno University
- South Eastern Kenya University
For the Master of Laws (LL.M.) programme, valid licences have been issued to:
- Kenyatta University
- Strathmore University
- Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
The Council of Legal Education noted that institutions seeking accreditation are assessed against prescribed statutory and regulatory requirements before approval is granted. The evaluation process includes verification of the adequacy of academic staff, approval of the curriculum, availability of learning facilities, and assessment of the institution’s financial capacity to sustain the programme.
The Council of Legal Education further stated that licensing is granted only after an institution demonstrates compliance with the applicable legal and quality assurance requirements governing legal education in Kenya.
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Under the Education Act, 2012, the Council of Legal Education is mandated to regulate legal education and ensure that institutions offering legal education programmes comply with the prescribed quality standards.
The publication of the licensed institutions and pending applications forms part of the Council of Legal Education’s ongoing regulatory oversight of legal education programmes in Kenya and provides the official status of institutions authorised to admit students into approved law programmes.
CLE Drops New List of Approved Law Schools—UoN, Moi Yet to Receive Approval.
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