Legal education has its distinct niche in the whole education system. It is the force behind all sorts of administration of justice in a nation. So, the legal education system should be adequate to produce quality students with profound knowledge in jurisprudence and thus become good lawyers in the long run. Some studies show that roughly about 1000 law students pass out from various law institutes every year who are eligible to do practice in any of the courts in Bangladesh .
London College of Legal Studies established in 2003. It is the first Institute of Bangladesh that will be offering government approved LLM degree. This college has come into being with a vision of better legal system, which would contribute to shape a better future of Bangladesh. London College of Legal Studies has a strategic relationship with the London Trinity College with a clause that states that unless The Trinity College maintains the required standard of education the exchange program will be discontinued.
The new branch of London College of Legal Studies has been opened at Panthapath in 2005. Under the same partnership the two wings have separate administrative bodies and their schedule and policies vary locally.
Curriculum of LCLS
The institute offers two kind of curriculum, namely:
1. The New Castle based Education: University of North Umbria is based on open learning.
2. University of London - An external process.
The graduation process offers a 3-year and a 4-year course time. For students going for the 3-year process will do their last one year in North Umbria on a mandatory basis unlike the 4-year process. One of the unique techniques of this college is the recruitment process that is fairly informal and involves a course of action where they interview the applicants and analyze their feedbacks.
The teachers of this college dedicate themselves to solve any problem regarding their students' academic and co-curricular queries. This is a vital reason behind the students being able to survive tough challenges in their exams and practical areas as the course requires them to study on their own all throughout. Therefore, the college emphasizes on discipline and regulations and insists on regular studies to increase the success rate. But they are also ready to make the compromise. The teachers are easy to communicate with and they do not encourage partiality. After a week's class there is a mandatory seminar in which the lectures are briefly reviewed where a question-answer round takes place.
Co-curricular activities
The College provides its students with a good range of co-curricular activities. The college has 5 clubs namely:
1. Debating Club.
2. Sports and Cultural Clubs
3. Legal Aids Club
4. Printing and Publication Club
5) IT Club
Library of LCLS
The Library of LCLS is a comfortable space with considerable amount of furniture and provides easy access to the books in separately sectioned shelves for A-level and Undergraduates. There are about 300 books on legal studies. Students from the college handle its smooth functioning. It is a privilege for the students to have the students in charge of the library because it is the best way they get to know what book to consult and why, and therefore they have their own study guide right in the library. The institution provides the librarians with flexible financial benefits, like, either salary for work or full tuition waiver.
Till now the college has maintained a pass rate of 90%, and among the first graduated batch, two went for bar vocation, two for Buckingham L.L.M, one went for L.L.M in London. From the A-levels, one went for Kent University for honors and one to UCL. In terms of the quality and number of faculty and the overall result, LCLS is definitely making a unique progress. With the hard work and efforts LCLS hopes to build a premier law institute in Bangladesh.
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