Our Vision
To be a leading legal centre of excellence in teaching, learning, research and scholarship.
Our Mission
To be a leading legal centre of academic excellence in producing professionally competent and socially responsible lawyers by providing quality teaching and learning and by undertaking research that meets the emerging needs of local, national and international communities with special emphasis on the social, economic, political and cultural needs of the region.
Department of Law
About the Department of Law
The University when it was established in 1974 had approval for the establishment of three faculties (Humanities, Law and Science) and one department (Physical Education). However the introduction of law as an academic discipline at the university took three decades to materialize and finally in 2005 the LL.B degree programme commenced with a Department of Law set up under the aegis of the Faculty of Arts. The Faculty of Arts is the largest faculty in the University with 17 departments and 31 disciplines belonging to the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and provides institutional housing to the Faculty of Arts. Since 2005 the Department of Law has offered a four-year programme of study, leading to the award of a Bachelor of Laws Degree. [Read More]
