The LL.B degree programme at RUCO aims at:

 

1. Providing a thorough and basic training in law and the legal techniques required for the successful practice of law and scholarly work in law;
2. Preparing graduates for the lawyer’s responsibility to improve the administration of justice and providing government and community leadership;
3. Developing legal and practical skills and inculcating ethical principles;
4. Challenging students to think critically;
5. Producing a society conscious lawyer;
6. Imparting to students sufficient legal research skills;
7. Imparting to students sufficient analytical skills;
8. Imparting to students sufficient legal counselling skills;
9. Imparting to students sufficient advocacy skills;
10. Imparting to students sufficient legal documentation skills;
11. Imparting to students sufficient negotiation skills;
12. Imparting to students sufficient craftsmanship skills;
13. Imparting to students sufficient legal procedural skills;
14. Enabling students to acquire sufficient knowledge of substantive and procedural law.

List of Courses

Year 1, sem 1

RLW100 Constitution and legal systems of East Africa (3)

RLW 101Law of contact 1                                    (3)

RLW 103 Legal method 1                                     (3)

RLW 104 Introduction to law                                (3)

RLW 108 Communication skills for lawyers 1     (3)

RSS 110 Development studies                               (3)

 

Year 1.sem2

RLW 120 Constitutions and legal system of East Africa 11 (3)

RLW 121 Law of contact 11                                  (3)

RLW 122 Criminal Law and Procedure                 (3)

RLW 123 Legal method 11                                    (3)

RLW128 Communication skills for lawyers 11     (3)

RPH 113 Social ethics                                            (3)

 

Year 2, Sem 3

RLW 200 Administrative Law 1                            (3)

RLW 201 Land Law 1                                            (3)

RLW 202 Law of evidence 1                                  (3)

RLW 203 Public International Law                        (3)

RLW 204 Family Law                                             (3)

RLW 209 Communication skills for lawyers III     (3)

 

Year 2,Sem 4    

RLW 220 Administrative law 11                             (3)

RLW 221 Land Law 11                                            (3)

RLW 222 Law of evidence    11                        (3)

RLW 223 Law of Business Associations, cooperatives and Public enterprise (3)

RLW 225 Public international law 11       (3)

RLW 229 Communication skills for lawyers IV           (3)

 

Year 3, Sem 5

RLW 300 Jurisprudence 1                                    (3)

RLW 302 Law of torts    1                                    (3)

RLW 303 Legal Research                                     (3)

RLW 304 Environment   Law                               (3)

RLW 305 Tax law                                                 (3)

RLW 306 Law and development                           (3)

RLW 309 Communication skills for lawyers v     (3)

 

Year 3, sem 6

RLW 320 Jurisprudence11                                   (3)

RLW 321 Labour law                                           (3)

RLW 322 Law of torts 11                                     (3)

RLW 323 Legal writing and drafting 1                 (3)

RLW 323 East African Community law               (3)

RLW 324 Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution        (3)

RLW 329 Computer skills for lawyers                  (3)

 

Year 4, sem 7

RLW 400 Civil procedure 1                                   (3)

RLW 401 Legal ethics and legal practice               (3)

RLW 402 Private international law                        (3)

RLW 403 Criminal procedure 1                             (3)

RLW 404 Legal writing and drafting 11                (3)

 

Year 4, sem 8

RLW 420 Civil procedure 11                                 (3)

RLW 421 Legal practice, Management and accounting for Lawyers (3)

RLW 422 Criminal procedure 11                          (3)

RLW 423 Law of succession and trust                  (3)

RLW 800 Research   paper                                    (3)

 

LIST OF OPTIONAL CAURSES

RLW 700 Banking Law                                         (3)

RLW 701 Comparative religion law                      (3)

RLW 702 Capital market and security law            (3)

RLW 703 criminology and penology                     (3)

RLW 704 Human right   law                                 (3)

RLW 705 Insurance law                                         (3)

RLW 706 Intellectual propety law                         (3)

RLW 707 International humanitarian law              (3)

RLW 708 International criminal law                      (3)

RLW 508 International trade and finance law      (3)

RLW 509 Law of the child                                     (3)

RLW 510 Local governent law                            (3)

RLW 511 Refugee law                                           (3)

RLW 512 Social security law                           (3)

RLW 514 The law of negotiable intrument         (3)

RLW 515 competition law                                   (3)

RLW 516 vestment     law                                (3)

RLW 517 African law                                      (3)

RLW 518 Commercial and consumer transaction (3)

 

NOTE:

FIRST YEAR

1. Total minimum aggregate 1st year units are 36.

2. No optional course should be available to first year students.

SECOND YEAR

1. During semester three a student must take one (1) course from the list of options.

2. During semester four a student must take two (2) courses from the list of options.

3. Total minimum aggregate 2nd year units are 43.

THIRD YEAR

1. During semester five a student must take one (1) course from the list of options.

2. During semester six a student must take one (1) course from the list of options.

3. Total minimum aggregate 3rd year units are 46.

FOURTH YEAR

1. A fourth year student must complete a compulsory research paper the value of which is 6 units.

2. During semester seven a student must take two (2) courses from the list of options.

3. During semester eight a student must take one (1) courses from the list of options.

4. Total minimum aggregate 4th year units are 42.

AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF LAWS

It shall require at least 167 credit hours to complete the Bachelor of Laws degree.

These shall be divided into 40 core subjects, 8 compulsory subjects, 8 optional subjects and 1 dissertation.