Nkumba University School of Law Courses Offered

The School of Law trains Law graduates and its component, the Institute of Criminal Justice, trains Criminal Justice graduates.

The kind of graduate Nkumba Law School is striving to produce is one who would adhere to the motto of Nkumba University –“I OWE YOU.”

The Lawyer has to be one like the early Roman lawyer, who would put service to his/her client and society at large first, rather than being merely a money chaser; law graduates answering the needs of their immediate environment; the country of their operations, the East Africa Region; with the revived and expanding co-operation among the Eastern Africa States.

The criminal Justice graduate has to be that one who responds to societal needs of preventing and managing crime.
Nkumba University aims at producing graduates capable of meeting the demands of the global village, with all the growing international commercial activities and the issues disturbing international law and order. The programmes in the School and the Institute of Criminal Justice have a minimum duration of 4 and 3 years and a maximum of 6 and 5 years respectively.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Nkumba University Criminal Justice Course : The Degree of Bachelor of Criminal Justice (BCJ)

Candidates must have any of the following qualifications:

a)‘A’ Level Certificate (UACE) or its equivalent, with two principal passes plus a credit in the English Language or English Literature at ‘A’ or ‘O’ Level.

b)‘O’ Level Certificate (UCE) plus a recognized Diploma from a recognized Tertiary Institution.

c)‘O’ Level Certificate plus employment in a senior post in an Institution of a nature relevant to the programmes of the Institute for a period of at least (3) years prior to the date of application, or

d)Pass in mature age examination conducted by National Council for Higher Education.

Nkumba University Criminal Justice Course : Diploma in Criminal Justice (DCJ)

a)‘O’ Level Certificate

b)Pass in mature age examination conducted by National Council for Higher Education.

Nkumba University Criminal Justice Course : Bachelor of Criminal Justice

a)The Degree Course covers a minimum period of 3 (three) academic years, that is 6 (six) semesters.

b)A student may obtain the Bachelor of Criminal Justice Degree in a shorter period where that student is exempted from one or more years whose courses he must have passed at Diploma level. A student in this case must have scored 60% and above in the respective courses.

c)A student may take longer than 3 (three) years to obtain the degree where, in the discretion of the

Examiners’ Board, he repeats a year or has been allowed a dead year.

d)The degree shall be obtained within a maximum period of 5 (five) academic consecutive years, including, where applicable, a dead year.

Bachelor of Laws at Nkumba University School of Law, Courses Outlined

The programme structure is as shown below

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

NULLB31101

Introduction to Legal Theory and

Its Application

NULLB31102

Constitutional History and Politics

of East Africa

NULLB31103

Foundations of Criminal Liability

NULLB31104

Basics of Contractual Relations

NULLB31105

Introduction to Information

Technology and Computer Use

NULLB31106

Communication Skills

Semester II

Code

Course Name

NULLB31207

Legal Methods

NULLB31208

Constitutional Law

NULLB31209

Criminal Law

NULLB31210

Law of Contract

NULLB31211

Seminar on the Role of Law and

the Lawyer in Society

Year 2

Semester I

Code

Course Name

NULLB32101

Administrative Law and

Administrative Justice

NULLB32102

Nature of Tortuous Liability

NULLB32103

Legal Concept of Land and Its

Implications

NULLB32104

Law of Domestic Relations I

NULLB32105

Law of Agency and Sale of

Goods

Semester II

Code

Course Name

NULLB32206

International Economic Law

NULLB32207

Legal Regulation of

Negligence

NULLB32208

Law of Land Utilisation and

Development

NULLB32209

Law of Domestic Relations II

NULLB32210

Seminar on Law and Social-

Economic Welfare and

Development

Year 3

Semester I

Code

Course Name

NULLB33101

Law of Evidence

NULLB33102

Law of Business Associations I

NULLB33103

Law of Banking and

Negotiable

Instruments

NULLB33104

Criminal Procedure

NULLB33105

Equity and Trusts

Semester II

Code

Course Name

NULLB33206

Law of Insolvency

NULLB33207

Law of Business Associations

NULLB33208

International Legal

Transactions and Technology

NULLB33209

Jurisprudence

NULLB33210

Seminar on Public

International Law

Year 4

Semester I

Code

Course Name

NULLB34101

Law of Intellectual Property

Rights

NULLB34102

Civil Procedure I

NULLB34103

Law of the East African

Community

NULLB34104

Employment Law

NULLB34105

One Optional Course

Semester II

Code

Course Name

NULLB34206

Civil Procedure II

NULLB34207

International Criminal Justice

NULLB34208

NULLB34209

Research Paper

NULLB34210

Seminar on Work of a Legal

Executive

OPTIONAL COURSES

Code

Course Name

NULLB30001

Environmental Law

NULLB30002

International Human Rights Law

NULLB30003

Consumer Protection Law

NULLB30004

Revenue Law and Taxation

NULLB30005

Welfare Law

NULLB30006

Comparative Law

NULLB30007

Public International Law

NULLB30008

Conflict of Laws

NULLB30009

Criminology and Penology

NULLB30010

Gender, the Elderly and the Law

NULLB30011

International Humanitarian Law

Nkumba University School of Law Fees Structure

Nkumba University School of Law Admission Requirements

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