PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL
NOTIFICATION
No. 1402/PBC/SEC/2005 December 31, 2005
In exercise of
powers conferred by Section 13(k) and 55(q) of the Legal Practitioners &
Bar Councils Act, 1973 and all other enabling provisions in this behalf, the
Pakistan Bar Council hereby makes and notifies the following "Pakistan Bar
Council (Recognition of Universities) Rules, 2005":
PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL (RECOGNITION OF
UNIVERSITIES)
RULES, 2005
Chapter –1
Preliminary
1.
(i) These Rules may be called the "Pakistan Bar
Council (Recognition of Universities) Rules, 2005".
(ii) They
shall come into force at once.
2.
In these Rules unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context:
(a) "Act"
means the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 (Act No. XXXV of 1973).
(b) "Section"
means a Section of the Act.
(c) "Council"
means the Pakistan Bar Council.
(d) "Committee"
means Legal Education Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council.
(e) "University"
means University established by law in Pakistan and/or outside Pakistan
awarding Bachelor Degree in law.
(f)
"Degree Awarding Institution" means such
institution not designated as University but authorized to award Bachelor's
degree in Law under a statute or a charter.
(g) "Recognized
degree" means and includes a Bachelor's degree in law awarded by a
University or a Degree Awarding Institution recognized by the Pakistan Bar
Council.
(h) "Standard
of Education" includes physical factors like premises spread over about
10,000 square yards, a Law faculty of qualified and experienced teachers and
library composed of at least 20,000 volumes.
Chapter-2
Recognition of Universities and Degree
Awarding Institutions.
3.
The Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions in
Pakistan or outside Pakistan listed in First Schedule have been recognized by
the Council for the purpose of recognition of their Bachelor's Degrees in law.
4.
The Universities or Degree Awarding Institutions in
Pakistan or outside Pakistan awarding Bachelor's Degree in law which are
recognized after the framing of these Rules shall be listed in the Second
Schedule.
5.
(i) Any University or Degree Awarding Institution not
recognized by the Council may apply to the Council for recognition in the
prescribed form mentioned under Third Schedule, accompanied by a fee of Rs.
1[15,00,000/-] (Rupees Fifteen Hundred Thousand Only)]:
Provided that 2[Rs. 3,75,000/- (Rupees Three Lac and Seventy
Five Thousand only)] out of the application fee shall be non-refundable in the
event of rejection of such application.
3[(ii) Any person obtaining Bachelor's Degree in law from a
University outside Pakistan not recognized by the Council may apply for the
recognition of said University and its law degree on the prescribed form
mentioned in the Fourth Schedule with a nonrefundable fee of 2{Rs. 25,000/-}.]
6.
The Committee on receipt of such application shall hold
inquiry into the standard and quality of education being imparted by applying
University/Institution:
Provided
that such application shall be decided within reasonable period of time not
exceeding six months.
4[“6-A. The applicant University/Degree Awarding
Institution shall have to submit an undertaking in writing on a stamp Paper of
Rs. 50/-, to he effect that it shall:-
(i)
not affiliate any private law college at any place, nor
itself will conduct law classes any where else except of it s main campus;
(ii)
not admit more than 50 law students in an academic
year;
(iii)
abide by and adhere to the minimum standards as laid
down in the Rules of Affiliation of private law colleges prescribed/recommended
by the Pakistan Bar Council and its instructions/directions & the Rules
issued and framed from time to time in respect of legal education, the
violation of which will render it to be derecognized;
(iv)
ensure imparting of quality education strictly in
accordance with the syllabus prescribed by the Higher Education Commission and
the Pakistan Bar Council; and
(v)
ensure conducting and adhering only to 5 years
composite programme of LL.B.
as per standards and criteria prescribed by the Higher
Education Commission.”]
1.
Substituted vide Notification
of the Paksitan Bar Council dated 13.04.2010
2.
Substituted vide Notification
of the Paksitan Bar Council dated 30.10.2010
3.
Substituted vide Notification
of the Paksitan Bar Council dated 17.04.2008
4.
addad vide Notification of
the Paksitan Bar Council dated 30.10.2010
Chapter
No. 3
Inspection and
Derecognition
7.
(i) If the Committee at any time after inspection is
satisfied that a University and a Degree Awarding Institution in Pakistan
recognized by the Council is imparting substandard education, it may, after due
enquiry, recommend derecognition of such University or Degree Awarding
Institution to the Council.
(ii)
The Council after receipt of such recommendation and
after giving opportunity of hearing may derecognize such University or Degree
Awarding Institution and order deletion of its name from the First or Second
Schedule as the case may be.
(iii)
The Council or the Committee may, as the case may be,
associate any member of a Provincial Bar Council during the course of any
inspection or inquiry.
8.
Any University or Degree Awarding Institution aggrieved
by the order of derecognition, may file a review petition within 30 days of the
receipt of the order of derecognition before the Council accompanied by a fee
of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only).
[1][“9.
No LL.B or LL.M Degree shall be considered and accepted by a Bar Council as
qualification for enrolment as an Advocate unless it has been obtained from a
University/Degree Awarding Institution recognized by the Pakistan Bar Council
under relevant provisions of the Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Act,
1973.
10
(a) The Universities/Degree Awarding Institutions in Pakistan stand
recognized and listed in First Schedule, shall certify and inform the Pakistan
Bar Council in writing at the start of every academic year, to the effect that
each and every private law college affiliated with it, is implementing in
letter and spirit, the “Affiliation of Law Colleges Rules” of the Pakistan Bar
Council and is imparting legal Education strictly in accordance with the
Syllabus prescribed by the Higher Education Commission and the Pakistan Bar
Council.
(b) It shall be the duty of the
University/Degree Awarding Institution to de-affiliate a private law college
found delinquent in implementing the Affiliation of Private Law Colleges Rules
of the Pakistan Bar Council.
11. A University/Degree Awarding
Institution in case of imparting legal education at the level of LL.M. shall
have to get approved the syllabus of its LL.M. classes and the list of Faculty
Members engaged by it for that purpose from the Higher Education Commission and
the Pakistan Bar Council.]
_______________________________________________________________
FIRST SCHEDULE
[See Rule 3]
Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions in Pakistan and outside Pakistan.
(1)
Pakistani Universities:
Universities/Degree
awarding Institutions awarding degrees in Law:
(1)
University of the Punjab, Lahore
(2)
Karachi University, Karachi
(3)
University of Sindh, Hyderabad
(4)
University of Baluchistan, Quetta
(5)
Bahauddin Zakria University, Multan
(6)
Peshawar University, Peshawar
(7)
Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
(8)
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
(9)
Islamia University, Bahawalpur
(10) Hamdard
University, Karachi
(11) International
Islamic University, Islamabad
(2)
Foreign Universities (i) AUSTRALIA:
(1)
University of Adelaide, Adelaide
(2)
Australian National University, Canberra
(3)
University of Canberra, Belconnen Act
(4)
Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide
(5)
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
(6)
Murdoch University, Murdoch
(7)
University of New South Wales, New South Wales
(8)
University of Newcastle, Callagham
(9)
University of Notre Dame, Australia, Freemantle
(10)
University of Queensland, Brisbane
(11)
University of Sydney, Sydney
(12)
University of Tasmania, Hobart
(13)
University of Western Australia, Nedlands
(14)
University of Western Sydney, Penrith South
(15)
University of Wollongong, Wollongong (ii) BANGLADESH:
(1)
Dhaka University, Dhaka
(2) Chittagong University, Chittagong.
(3)
Rajshahi University, Rajshahi.
(iii)
CANADA:
(1)
University of Alberta, Alberta
(2)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
(3)
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
(4)
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
(5)
University of Toronto, Ontario
(6)
University of Victoria, British Columbia
(7)
University of Western Ontario, Ontario
(8)
University of Montreal, Qubac (iv) EGYPT:
(1) Jamia AI-Azhar, Cairo (2) Alexendria University, Alexendria (v) FRANCE:
(1)
Sorbonne University, Paris
(2)
Nice University, Nice (vi) GERMANY:
(1)
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
(2)
University of Munich, Munich
(3)
University of Berlin, Berlin (vii) HONG KONG:
(1) University
of Hong Kong
(viii) INDIA:
(1)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP
(2)
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala
(3)
University of Delhi, Delhi
(4)
Gauhati University, Gauhati, Assam
(5)
Gujarat University, Gujarat
(6)
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
(7)
Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi
(8)
University of Jammu, Jammu
(9)
Karnataka University, Karnataka
(10) University
of Kashmir, Sri Nagar
(11) University
of Kerala, Kerala
(12) Tamil
Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai
(13) Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda Gujarat
(14) University
of Mumbai, Mumbai Maharashtra
(15) University
of Mysore, Mysore Karnataka
(16) Nagpur
University, Maharashtra
(17) National
Academy of Legal Studies and Research University, Andhra Pradesh
(18) Osmania
University, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh
(19) Punjab
University, Chandigarh
(20) University
of Pune, Maharashtra
(21)
Aligarh Muslim University (22)
Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar
(ix) LABONON:
(1)
American University, Beirut (x) NETHERLANDS:
(1)
University of Utercht, Utercht (2)
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdem
(xi) RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
(1)
Institute of State & Law, Academy of Science,
Moscow.
(2)
Institute of International Relations Moscow University.
(3)
Patrick Lumamba Freindship University, Moscow (xii) UKRINE:
(1)
I.I. Machinikove State University
of Odessa, Ukrine (xiii) UNITED KINGDOM:
(1)
University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee
(2)
Aston University, Birmingham
(3)
University of Birmingham, Birmingham
(4)
Bournemouth University, Poole
(5)
University of Bradford, Bradford
(6)
University of Brighton, Brighton
(7)
University of Buckingham, Buckingham
(8)
University of Bristol, Bristol
(9)
University of Cambridge, Cambridge
(10) Cardiff
University, Cardiff
(11) University
of Central England in Birmingham
(12) University
of Central Lancashire, Preston
(13) City
University, London
(14) Coventry
University, Coventry
(15) De
Montfort University, Leicester
(16) University
of Derby, Derby
(17) University
of Dundee, Dundee
(18) University
of Durham, Durham
(19) University
of East Anglia, Norwich
(20) University
of East London, London
(21) University
of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
(22) University
of Essex, Colchester
(23) University
of Exeter, Exeter
(24) University
of Glamorgan, Pontypridd
(25) Glasgow
Caledonian University, Glasgow
(26) University
of Glasgow, Glasgow
(27) University
of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
(28) University
of Greenwich, London
(29) Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh
(30) University
of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
(31) University
of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
(32) University
of Hull, Hull
(33) Keele
University, Keele
(34) University
of Kent, Canterbury
(35) Kingston
University, Kingston
(36) University
of Lancaster, Lancaster
(37) Leeds
Metropolitan University, Leeds
(38) University
of Leeds, Leeds
(39) University
of Leicester, Leicester
(40) University
of Lincoln, Lincoln
(41) Liverpool
John Moores University, Liverpool
(42) University
of Liverpool, Liverpool
(43) London
Guildhall University (London Met)
(44)
London Metropolitan University, London
(45) University
of London, London
(46) University
of Luton, Luton
(47)
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
(48) University
of Manchester, Manchester
(49) Middlesex
University, London
(50) Napier
University, Edinburgh
(51) University
of Newcastle, Newcastle
(52) North
London University (London Met)
(53) Northampton
University
(54) University
of Notthumbria, Newcastle
(55) Nottingham
Trent University, Nottingham
(56) University
of Nottingham, Nottingham
(57) Oxford
Brookes University, Oxford
(58) University
of Oxford, Oxford
(59) University
of Paisley, Paisley
(60) University
of Plymouth, Plymouth
(61) University
of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
(62) Queens
Mary University of London
(63) Sheffield
Hallam University, Sheffield
(64) University
of Sheffield, Sheffield
(65) South
Bank University, London
(66) Staffordshire
University, Stafford
(67) University
of Sunderland, Sunderland
(68) University
of Surrey, Guildford
(69) University
of Sussex , Brighton
(70) Thames
Valley University, London
(71) University
of Reading, Reading
(72) University
of Southampton, Southampton
(73) University
of Teesside, Middlesbrough
(74) University
of Ulster, Coleraine
(75) University
of Warwick, Coventry
(76) University
of Westminister, London
(77) University
of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
(78) University
of Wales, Aberystwyth
(79) University
of Wales, Swansea (xiv) OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES:
(1)
International Islamic University, Malaysia
(2)
University of Malaya, Kualalumpur
(3)
National University of Malaysia, Kualalumpur
(4)
University of Maritius, Maritius
(5)
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
(6)
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
(8)
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
(9)
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
(10) Waikato
University, Hamilton, New Zealand
(11) Ahmadu
Bellu University, Nigeria
(12) University
of Colombo, Sri Lanka
(13) National
University of Singapore, Singapore
(14) University
of North West, South Africa
(15) University
of Port Elizabeth or Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
(16) University
of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
(17) Rhodes
University, Grahamstown, South Africa
(18) University
of the Western Cape, Belleville, South Africa
(19) University
of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
(20) University
of Zambia, Zambia (xv) U. S. A.:
(1)
American University, Washington D.C.
(2)
Arizona University, Tucson
(3)
Baltimore University, Baltimore
(4)
Boston University, Boston
(5)
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
(6)
University of California, Berkeley, CA
(7)
University of California - campuses at Davis, Hastings
and Los Angeles (8) California Western School
of Law, San Diego, CA
(9)
Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.
(10) Chicago
University, Chicago
(11) Cincinnati
University. Cincinnati, OH
(12) City
University of New York, New York
(13) Cleveland
State University, Cleveland
(14) Colorado
University, Boulder, CO
(15) Columbia
University, New York
(16) Connecticut
University, Hartfod
(17) Cornell
University, Cornell, New York
(18) Denver
University, Denver
(19) Duke
University, Durham
(20) Florida
University. Gainesville. FL
(21) Fordham
University, New York
(22) George
Mason University, Arlington, VA.
(23) Georgetown
University, Washington D.C.
(24) George
Washington University, Washington D.C.
(25) Georgia
University, Athens
(26)
Harvard University, Cambridge
(27) Hawaii
University, Honolulu
(28)
Houston University, Houston (29) Howard University,
Washington D.C.
(30) University
of Illinois, Campuses at Chicago and Champaign
(31) Indiana
University, Campuses at Bloomington and Indianapolis
(32) Iowa
University, Iowa
(33) Maine
University, Portland
(34) Maryland
University, Baltimore
(35) Memphis
University, Memphis
(36) Miami
University, Coral Gables, FL
(37) Michigan
University, Ann Arbor, Ml
(38) Minnesota
University, Minneapolis, MN
(39) Mississippi
University, Mississippi
(40) Montana
University, Montana
(41) Nebraska
University, Lincoln, NE
(42) New
England School of Law, Boston
(43) New
Mexico University, Albuquerque, NM
(44) New
York University, New York
(45) North
Carolina University, Chapel Hill, NC
(46) North
Dakota University, Grand Forks, ND
(47) University
of Notre Dam, Indiana
(48) Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH
(49) Oklahoma
University, Norman, OK
(50) Oklahoma
City University, Oklahoma
(51) Oregon
University, Eugene, OR
(52) Pennsylvania
University, Philadelphia
(53) Pennsylvania
State University, Carlisle, PA
(54) Pittsburgh
University, Pittsburgh
(55) San
Diego University, San Diego
(56) San
Francisco University, San Francisco
(57) Seattle
University, Seattle
(58) South
Carolina University, Columbia
(59) South
Dakota University, Vermillion, SD
(60) Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, TX
(61) Stanford
University, Stanford (62) Syracuse
University, Syracuse, N.Y.
(63)
Tennessee University, Knoxville, TN
(64)
University of Texas campuses at Austin and Arlington
(65)
Toledo University, Toledo, OH
(66)
Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
(67)
Virginia University, Charlottesville, VA
(68)
Washington University, Seattle, WA
(69)
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
(70)
Wisconsin University, Madison, Wl
(71)
Wyoming University, Laramie, WY (72) Yale University, New Haven (xvi) UZBIKISTAN:
(1) The Tashkent
State University, Uzbikistan
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SECOND SCHEDULE
[See Rule 4]
Universities and Degree Awarding
Institutions in Pakistan and outside Pakistan recognized after 31-12-2005.
(A)
Pakistani Universities:
(1)
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
(3)
Government College University, Faisalabad *(w.e.f.
04-07-2006)
(4)
Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Karachi *(w.e.f.
18-10-2006)
(5)
University of South Asia, Lahore *(w.e.f.
27.3.2008)
(6)
Hazara University, Mansehra *(w.e.f.
14.5.2008)
(7)
The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir,
Muzaffarabad
*(w.e.f.
01.07.2008)
(8)
The University of Gujrat, Gujrat. *(w.e.f. 04.04.2009)
(9)
The Islamia College (Chartered University),
Peshawar.
*(w.e.f.
20.07.2010)
(10) The Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan
*(Provisional
recognition granted on 18.09.2010)
(11) Federal
Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi.
*(w.e.f.
07.11.2012)
(12) The
University of Lahore, Lahore.
(B)
Foreign Universities:
(1)
Denver University of USA
(2)
Dalhousie University, Canada
(3)
Cairo University, Egypt
(4)
China University of Political Science and Law
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THIRD SCHEDULE
[Rule 5(1)]
Application
for recognition of a University or Degree Awarding Institution imparting legal education.
To
The Pakistan
Bar Council,
Through its
Legal Education Committee,
Supreme Court Building,
Islamabad.
Sub:
Recognition of
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(Name of University/Institution)
Dear Sir,
We hereby apply for recognition of _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
(Name of University/Degree Awarding Institution)
in terms of Sections 13(k), 26 and 55(q) of the Legal
Practitioners & Bar Councils Act, 1973. The has been lawfully (Name of University/Degree Awarding Institution)
established under Charter of the
Government of ____________ as published in the official Gazette, a copy of
which is enclosed.
The aforenamed University/Institution do hereby declare that
it--
(i) is
authorized and competent to impart legal education and award law degree;
(ii) shall
act and function within its territorrial limits;
(iii) shall
introduce the syllabus of minimum 3 years LL.B courses which will essentially
include the syllabus/courses prescribed by the Pakistan Bar Council and the
Higher Education Commission and comply with changes/amendments brought about by
them from time to time. The syllabus of 3 years LL.B course the
University/Institution intend to introduce is enclosed;
(iv) shall
restrict imparting of legal education to its Law Faculty/Department only and
will not affiliate any private law college;
(v) shall
ensure strict compliance of provisions of the Pakistan Bar Council Legal
Education Rules, 1998, the Pakistan Bar Council (Recognition of Universities)
Rules, 2005 and the conditions prescribed under the Affiliation of Law Colleges
Rules prepared by the Pakistan Bar Council;
(vi) shall
make every effort to ensure imparting of standard and quality legal education;
(vii) has
established a full fledged Faculty of Law and engaged/employed highly qualified
(in conformity of the standards prescribed in various Rules of the Pakistan Bar
Council pertaining to legal education) members of the faculty and other
teaching staff;
(viii) shall impart
legal education only in morning classes;
(ix)
has deposited the requisite fee of Rs. 15,00,000
(Rupees Fifteen Hundred Thousand Only)]: in the account of the Pakistan Bar
Council. (The fee may either be deposited in Account No. 82-37 of the Pakistan
Bar Council with Habib Bank Limited, Supreme Court
Branch, Islamabad or remitted
through Pay Order/Demand Draft in the name of the Pakistan Bar Council);
(x) will
be liable to be de-recognized in case of its failure to comply with any of the
provisions of Rules of the Pakistan Bar Council and its instructions issued
from time to time.
Signature & Stamp Of Competent Official Note:
Copies of all the relevant documents must be attached with
the Application.
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
[Rule 5(ii)]
Application
of an individual for recognition of a University.
To
The Pakistan Bar Council,
Through its
Legal Education Committee,
Supreme Court Building, Islamabad.
Sub:
Recognition of
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(Name of University/Institution)
Dear Sir,
After doing my B.A/B.Sc/A. level
from
______________________________________ I have acquired Law Degree from
_________________________________________________ and
(Name of University/Institution)
now intend to join the legal
profession and get myself enrolled as an Advocate on the basis of my Law
Degree.
Since the
_________________________________________ is not among those recognized
(Name of University)
by the Pakistan Bar Council, I
hereby request that it may please be recognized in terms of Sections 13(k), 26
and 55(q) of the Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Act, 1973. Copies of
relevant documents regarding status of the University and detail of its law
courses, etc are enclosed for perusal.
The requisite fee of Rs. 25,000-
(Rupees Twenty five Thousand only) has since been deposited in account of the
Pakistan Bar Council.
I undertake to furnish any
additional information/documents required by the Legal Education Committee of
the Pakistan Bar Council at any subsequent stage.
Signature & Address
of the applicant
______________________
______________________
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