Introduction

The Law college, University of Peshawar is one of the first institutions that started functioning with the foundation of the University of Peshawar in 1950. It was originally envisaged as a separate Faculty of the University and was later on elevated to the prestigious position of an independent Faculty in 1992. With the reorganization fo various Faculties of the University it is now constituent of the newly established Faculty of Social Science. The college is offering both graduate and postgraduate programmes in law.

Legal education is generally provided through public sector universities and also by private institutions that follow the curriculum and the standards prescribed by the higher education commission (HEC) in consultation with the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), a statutory body to regulate legal profession and legal education in Pakistan. The LL.B degree courses are adopted after a strenuous exercise; the courses are proposed through a National Curriculum Review Committee (NCRC) of the HEC in Law. The recommendations of the NCRC are then carefully examined by a joint meeting of the representatives of the universities and the members of the PBC (Legal Education Committee). Various academic boards and bodies of the University then review the finally approved courses before they are ultimately adopted. A consistent effort is made to improve the standards of legal education and the curriculum is reviewed after every three years.

The course of Bachelor of Laws extends over three academic years covering LL.B Part-I, LL.B Part-II and LL.B Part-III. The LL.M degree programme is of two academic years. The LL.M programme is a combination of taught and research based course where the students are required to work independently and exceptionally hard under the supervision of their supervisors. The Ph.D studies in law will commence as soon as the Academic Council of the university approves the courses. The college is also offereing certificate and Diploma course in Human Rights Law through the Human Rights Studies Centre. The Human Rights Studies Centre was established in March 2000 under the Government of Pakistan Human Rights and Mass Awareness of Education Programme and is jointly supported by the NORAD and the Swiss Development Cooperation. The courses for postgraduate degree in Human Rights have been approved by the Academic Council and hopefully would be offered as an independent degree from the next academic year.

The college has an academic linkage with the university college, Cork, Ireland and the Law School of the University of Ulster, N-Ireland in the area of Human Rights Law. The British Council under the Higher Education Link Programme supports the link. The College has also signed an MOU with the IUCN, Pakistan under which it will have institutional cooperation in the area of Environment Law. Besides, the college is jointly working with the IRC-Pakistan for the promotion of International Humanitarian Law. Every year, some of Law College Students are selected both at the National and International level for training and competition programmes of the ICRC. Since last year, the semester system has been discontainued due to large number of students and limited resources. From this year, the self-finance scheme has been discontnued and students are admitted on normal fee. The total intake of student to LL.B Part-I is 200, out of which first 100 students are admitted in the morning classes and the remaining are enrolled for the second shift programme. All fresh admissions and examinations will be governed by regulations as laid down in the college prospectus and the University regulations.

Vision
Our vision is to turn this institution into a world class institution of higher learning in Law and Human Rights within the next 10 years, which would become a hub of research activities in the field of law and human rights and would provide feedback to the policy making institutions on national at national and international level.

Mission
To help the administration of justice particularly in the N-W.F.P and the whole country by producing professional lawyers, judges, advisors, solicitors and attorneys, equipped with civic virtues and the sense of duty towards the people and respect for the fundamental rights of other fellow human beings.

Objectives
The objectives of the Law College are the following:

To offer courses of LL.B, LL.M and Ph.D in the field of Law.

• To prepare researchers in the field of Law.
• To produce professional lawyers and judges.
• To provide necessary tools for researchers in the NGOs sector within the field of law and human rights.

Outcomes
The outcomes of the Law College are to produce lawyers, judges, advisors, solicitors, attorneys, administrators and researchers. In addition to building professional competence, the professionals produced are also inculcated with the civic virtue and a sense of contributing to the public good. The graduates produced by the law college are also working in the national and international NGOs successfully.

Courses

LLB (Part I)

1 English Jurisprudence
2 Law of Contract
3 Islamic Jurisprudence
4 Law of Torts and Easements
5 Criminal Law
6 Constitutional Law-1
7 Equity

LLB (Part II)

1 Constitutional Law-II
2 Constitutional history of Pakistan
3 Company Law
4 Law of Transfer of Property
5 Islamic Personal law
6 Public International Law or Administrative Law

LLB (Part III)

1 Civil Procedure
2 Criminal Procedure and Medical Jurisprudence
3 Law of Evidence and Legal Ethics
4 Conveyancing , Pleadings and Interpretation of Statues
5 Administrative Law
6 Minor Acts
7 Labour and Taxation Laws

The above mentioned old courses for LL.B (P-III) shall be taught till 2007)