Nepal Law Campus, the first law college in Nepal, was established in 1954. It was affiliated to Tribhuvan University (TU) in 1960 after legal education was recognized under the National Education System Plan (NESP).
The Faculty of Law has now reviewed the course of law studies by introducing a five-year Bachelors in Law (LLB) course in the country which is known as Bachelors in Arts and Bachelors in Law (BALLB).
“The introduction of the new program is primarily intended to follow universal practice of the five-year LLB course in order to produce competent manpower in the field of law who can even represent themselves at an international level,” said Govinda Sharma Poudel, Assistant Dean, Nepal Law Campus.
In the old course, one could enroll for the three-year LLB (Bachelors in Law) program after completing Bachelor’s in any discipline. As per the new program, one can enroll in the LLB course after passing a +2 course in any faculty like Arts, Science or Humanities, or by completing proficiency or intermediate-level studies.
“The old LLB course took six years to complete the bachelors program in law, whereas the new course will take five years to complete,” said Poudel, and added, “The old course we had was in Nepali medium, and the new course will be in English medium. And since the concept of three-year LLB course couldn’t make any huge difference in the field of law, we came up with this new idea to increase the standard of the law program of TU at an international level.”
He further added, “As per the new course, a student has to complete 3,500 credit hours of which 2,700 are for law courses which includes different subjects of law. The remaining 800 credit hours includes humanities and social science subjects, such as Legal English, Legal Nepali, Political Science, History, Sociology, and Economics.”
Also, “When we had the old course, we witnessed a lot of students skipping classes. But now, 80% attendance per year is compulsory in order to get approved to take the final exams,” he added.
Rukmanee Maharjan, 25, who is currently in her second year of Masters in Law (LLM) at Nepal Law Campus, shares, “I completed my LLB with the old three-year course, so we didn’t have humanities subjects but only law subjects. And now, with the new course being offered, students will get the opportunity to study varied subjects, which we didn’t have then, and also get more exposure.”
She furthered, “The main objective of studying law is to understand society and its laws. And the new course offers students the opportunity to join as soon they complete their Intermediate level, and they will get to commit in the field of law from an earlier age and thus gain professionalism.”
Bal Bahadur Mukhia, Assistant Professor at Nepal Law Campus, said, “The next session offering the new course will take only seventy students in two sections. The fee structure has also been changed, and the students who are enrolled have to pay Rs 1,500 per month and have to spend at least Rs 218,500 to complete the course.”
Krishna Prasad Bashyal, Assistant Chief of Nepal Law Campus, said, “The TU is the first institution in Nepal to introduce law program. So in order to regulate and improve the standard of law program in Nepal and meet the international standards, we decided to introduce the new course.”
He added that the new course offers a two-degree concept since the students will get to study both social science and humanities subjects and law subjects as well, and will focus on using practical approach rather than theoretical. The course has also been designed to attract and encourage students to stay and pursue their law studies in Nepal rather than going abroad for the same study.
He further informed that the new course is also affiliated to TU but the financial responsibility of the new course will not be handled by the Nepal Law Campus itself. The old program of three-year LLB course and the new program of BALLB will run simultaneously, and the students currently studying the old course will graduate with the old program.
He elaborated that the refined course also includes modern disciplines of law, including Cyber Law, Media Law, Clinical Law, Refugee Law, Forensic Medicine, and Insurance Law.
“The main objective of the updated course is to cater an international standard law studies so that students will not only complete their law degree here but also pursue their legal career and meet the demand of legal professionals in the Nepali market,” added Bashyal.
The entrance exam for the new session was held earlier this week, and the new program will commence from the coming academic session in the first week of January 2011. The entrance exam for the next year will be held in December.
The Faculty of Law has now reviewed the course of law studies by introducing a five-year Bachelors in Law (LLB) course in the country which is known as Bachelors in Arts and Bachelors in Law (BALLB).
“The introduction of the new program is primarily intended to follow universal practice of the five-year LLB course in order to produce competent manpower in the field of law who can even represent themselves at an international level,” said Govinda Sharma Poudel, Assistant Dean, Nepal Law Campus.
In the old course, one could enroll for the three-year LLB (Bachelors in Law) program after completing Bachelor’s in any discipline. As per the new program, one can enroll in the LLB course after passing a +2 course in any faculty like Arts, Science or Humanities, or by completing proficiency or intermediate-level studies.
“The old LLB course took six years to complete the bachelors program in law, whereas the new course will take five years to complete,” said Poudel, and added, “The old course we had was in Nepali medium, and the new course will be in English medium. And since the concept of three-year LLB course couldn’t make any huge difference in the field of law, we came up with this new idea to increase the standard of the law program of TU at an international level.”
He further added, “As per the new course, a student has to complete 3,500 credit hours of which 2,700 are for law courses which includes different subjects of law. The remaining 800 credit hours includes humanities and social science subjects, such as Legal English, Legal Nepali, Political Science, History, Sociology, and Economics.”
Also, “When we had the old course, we witnessed a lot of students skipping classes. But now, 80% attendance per year is compulsory in order to get approved to take the final exams,” he added.
Rukmanee Maharjan, 25, who is currently in her second year of Masters in Law (LLM) at Nepal Law Campus, shares, “I completed my LLB with the old three-year course, so we didn’t have humanities subjects but only law subjects. And now, with the new course being offered, students will get the opportunity to study varied subjects, which we didn’t have then, and also get more exposure.”
She furthered, “The main objective of studying law is to understand society and its laws. And the new course offers students the opportunity to join as soon they complete their Intermediate level, and they will get to commit in the field of law from an earlier age and thus gain professionalism.”
Bal Bahadur Mukhia, Assistant Professor at Nepal Law Campus, said, “The next session offering the new course will take only seventy students in two sections. The fee structure has also been changed, and the students who are enrolled have to pay Rs 1,500 per month and have to spend at least Rs 218,500 to complete the course.”
Krishna Prasad Bashyal, Assistant Chief of Nepal Law Campus, said, “The TU is the first institution in Nepal to introduce law program. So in order to regulate and improve the standard of law program in Nepal and meet the international standards, we decided to introduce the new course.”
He added that the new course offers a two-degree concept since the students will get to study both social science and humanities subjects and law subjects as well, and will focus on using practical approach rather than theoretical. The course has also been designed to attract and encourage students to stay and pursue their law studies in Nepal rather than going abroad for the same study.
He further informed that the new course is also affiliated to TU but the financial responsibility of the new course will not be handled by the Nepal Law Campus itself. The old program of three-year LLB course and the new program of BALLB will run simultaneously, and the students currently studying the old course will graduate with the old program.
He elaborated that the refined course also includes modern disciplines of law, including Cyber Law, Media Law, Clinical Law, Refugee Law, Forensic Medicine, and Insurance Law.
“The main objective of the updated course is to cater an international standard law studies so that students will not only complete their law degree here but also pursue their legal career and meet the demand of legal professionals in the Nepali market,” added Bashyal.
The entrance exam for the new session was held earlier this week, and the new program will commence from the coming academic session in the first week of January 2011. The entrance exam for the next year will be held in December.
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