New framework ends KSL training monopoly for law students

The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has introduced a new framework that ends the 18-year monopoly of the Kenya School of Law (KSL) on training law advocates. This change, prompted by a Court of Appeal ruling, allows qualified public and private universities to apply for licensing to offer the Advocates Training Programme (ATP), thereby opening up multiple training institutions across the country.

The shift aims to alleviate the backlog of law graduates and reduce the strain on KSL's facilities and teaching capacity, which had led to low pass rates and an overwhelming influx of students. Under the new regulations, institutions seeking to offer ATP must pay an initial licensing fee of Sh5 million, maintain a maximum of 40 trainees per class, and ensure a 1:10 instructor-to-trainee ratio with at least three full-time faculty members present.

KSL has been granted a two-year grace period to comply with these new standards before being required to reapply and meet the same criteria.

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