The Council of Legal Education on Tuesday published the names of universities cleared to offer law courses within the Kenyan boundaries.
In a notice carried in local dailies, the council announced that the universities were the only legal education providers and legal education programmes cleared by the state.
Broken down, only four institutions have been cleared to offer masters programmes (a category in which the University of Nairobi was conspicuously missing), 18 approved to offer a Bachelor of Laws, and five approved to offer a Diploma of Law.
Kenyatta University has a pending application for licensing or renewal of a license to offer a Master of Laws (LLM).
Below is a list of universities cleared to offer law courses;
Master of Laws Programme
1.Strathmore Law School
2. Mount Kenya University School of Law
3. Catholic University of Eastern Africa Faculty of Law
4. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology School of Law
Bachelor of Laws Programme
1.UMMA University School of Law
2. Africa Nazarene University School of Law
3. Chuka University Faculty of Law
4. Moi University School of Law
5. University of Nairobi Faculty of Law - Parklands Campus
6. Egerton University Faculty of Law
7. Kabarak University School of Law
8. Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Faculty of Law
9. Strathmore Law School
10. Maseno University School of Law
11. South Eastern University of Kenya School of Law
12. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology School of Law
13. Riara Law School
14. Kenyatta University School of Law
15. Daystar University School of Law - Athi River Campus
16. University of Embu School of Law
17. Kisii University School of Law
18. Mount Kenya University School of Law - Parklands Campus
Diploma of Law Programme
1.Kenya Institute of Management
2. Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) Faculty of Law
3. Mount Kenya University School of Law - Parklands Campus Faculty of Law
4. Kisii University School of Law
5. Kenya School of Law
