A commission on law colleges on Friday informed the Lahore High Court that 5-year degree programme of Bachelor in Legislative Law (LLB) was a poor program and dangerous for the future of coming generations. The full bench was hearing a number of petitions against five-year degree program of LLB, age and grade restrictions for admission in the program.
The Commission in its report claimed that five years programs of LLB seemed result of non-cooperation of various educational institutions and public administrative departments. In its report, the commission stated that there was not even a single subject related to legal education in initial two years of five years program. The commission held inspection of 18 law colleges in different parts of Punjab and said that environment and standard of law colleges was needed to be improved. The commission said the newly introduced program was spoiling future of law students and was not workable.
A petitioner told to the court that those students who had crossed age of 26 years and had third division in their final degree were barred from getting admission in legal education. The petitioner said Punjab University had imposed these restrictions which were against the law and fundamental rights of the citizens.
Advocate Malik Awais Khalid, the legal advisor of Punjab University, opposed the petition saying that the varsity had abandoned affiliation of those law colleges which were not fulfilling the terms and conditions mandatory for them. After hearing both sides, the full bench directed the law colleges to improve their standard and environment for legal education.
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