The Punjab University shall constitute a central committee to ensure implementation of legal education reforms approved by the Board of Studies in Law in law colleges affiliated with the varsity.
This was stated by Professor Dr Muhammad Ehsan Malik, Dean Faculty of Law while jointly chairing a meeting of all principals of law colleges affiliated with varsity along with Former Justice Khalil Ur Rehman Khan, Chairman Punjab Law Reforms Committee in the office of Principal PU Law College (PULC) New Campus here on Sunday. Samee Ozair Incharge Principal PULC was also present.
Justice Khalil Ur Rehaman and Dr Ehsan Malik apprised the participants about legal education reforms approved by the Board of Studies in law. The also lauded the efforts of PU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran for his keen personal interest in the up- gradation of legal system in the province. The meeting decided that each college should constitute a committee to ensure smooth implementation of the Selection Board recommendations.
Dr Ehsan Malik, while making his presentation, stressed the need for changing question papers pattern, which according to him, at present are normally set in a stereo manner. He recommended that question papers should be problem-oriented so that a problem or case is solved by students citing relevant legal provisions. He further emphasised upon law students to keep themselves abreast with the latest emerging developments in the domain of law and legal decisions.
The students should be introduced to research methodology and method of finding the laws as well as understanding the case law to help develop their skills of legal drafting, he added. At this, the meeting decided that question papers pattern for all the students of LLB part-I, II & III, from now onwards, shall be slightly changed and one question in each paper shall consist of a problem to be attempted/solved by the student in the light of relevant laws.
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