LLB Outcome Based Education Model

Curriculum

&

Outcome Based Education (OBE) Model

Program

LL.B (Hons)

School of Law and Policy

University of Management and Technology(UMT)

Lahore, Pakistan

UMT Vision

• It de?nes our existence, inspires all stakeholders associated with us, creates a powerful momentum inside, and responds to the challenges outside. It continues to evolve as present captures new realities and foresight unfolds new possibilities.
• All in an incessant attempt to help individuals and organizations discover their God-given potentials to achieve Ultimate Success actualizing the highest standards of ef?ciency, effectiveness, excellence, equity, trusteeship and sustainable development of global human society.

UMT Mission

“To be a distinctive and world class law school known for quality legal education, excellence in experiential learning and patronize research with the blend of legal and ethical values and social responsibility.”

SLP Vision

OUR MISSION IS LEADING

• We aspire to become a learning institution and evolve as the leading community for the purpose of integrated development of the society by actualizing strategic partnership with stakeholders, harnessing leadership, generating useful knowledge, fostering enduring values, and projecting sustainable technologies and practices.
• Vision Statement
• “To be a distinctive and world class law school known for quality legal education, excellence in experiential learning and patronize research with the blend of legal and ethical values and social responsibility.”

SLP Mission Statement

• To provide quality education to the youth of the country by honing their skills in the most challenging discipline of knowledge through highly competent proficient faculty, modern equipment, a highly conducive learning environment and resultantly to prepare the students in the substance and practice of law.
• To promote excellence in legal education by honing their skills & activating the unique potential & creativity of our students, thus providing them a conducive & a rewarding environment to ignite & sustain the passion & enabling them to become leading legal luminaries.
• To train & develop students to be good & able citizens, capable of making significant contributions towards meeting the priorities of the nation.
• To inculcate in students moral values & leadership qualities, make them appreciate the needs for high ethical standards in personal, social & public life & reach the highest level of humanism, such that they shall always uphold & promote the higher social order & be ready & willing to work for the emancipation of the deprived strata of the society

 LLB Mission Program Statement:

• This five years LL.B Hons. degree is designed for students seeking a challenging and interdisciplinary exposure to law and its related disciplines. Pakistani legal system along with International legal developments as the focal point, the teaching methodology includes the aims of sharpening analytical skills of the students and promoting critical and comparative approach to broaden perspectives. SLP offers an extensive curriculum, focusing on experiential learning among its students and to polish their abilities of legal drafting, advocacy skills and legal research to present in a court of law while still studying in a law school.

AS PER THE CURRICULAM DESIGNED BY HIGHER EDEUCATION OF PAKISTAN AND PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL

• The curriculum, with varying definitions, is a plan of the teaching-learning process that graduates of an academic programme are required to undergo. It includes objectives and learning outcomes, course contents, scheme of studies, teaching methodologies and methods of assessment of learning.
• Knowledge in all academic disciplines is expanding and even new disciplines are also emerging, it is imperative that curriculum are developed and revised regularly. (Preface, p 5)
• The Committee developed the final draft curriculum for the 5- year law degree program along with the Learning Objectives and Learning Outcome (p 14)

Program Educational Objectives

Upon Completion of the 5 years Programs of LLB;

PEO 1. Graduates shall possess the required knowledge of the fundamental doctrines and principles of law

PEO 2. Graduates shall be able to demonstrate a broader perspective and the knowledge of the social, political and economic contexts within which the Pakistani and global legal system operates;

PEO 3. Graduates shall model the intellectual and professional growth, necessary for employment in the legal profession and other careers with professional integrity

PEO 4. Graduates shall demonstrate fully developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the law as well as excellent leadership capabilities to provide quality legal service to all spheres of endeavor and in all circumstances

PEO: 5: Graduates shall be capable to exhibit legal ethics, responsibility, and professional behavior in their social and professional pursuits.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

• The participants suggested that the course contents should place emphasis upon the acquisition and development of a wide range of intellectual and practical skills of graduates so that they can analyze, evaluate, synthesize and apply conceptual information to practical legal problems.
• It was agreed that attention is needed to develop the intellectual and practical skills and in particular law graduates should be able to develop and demonstrate independent thinking, plan and carry out independent research and apply basic legal research skills and research techniques. In addition to that the course contents and the teaching methodology should be such so as to develop the written and oral skills of the graduates, build their capacity to problem-solving and expand their knowledge of information technology
• PLO1. Legal Knowledge : To acquire & apply legal knowledge to the complex Socio-legal problems. Knowledge of substantive and procedural law
• PLO2. Professional Practice: to make graduates eligible to practice in Courts, Industries, Companies as legal practitioner.
• PLO3. Professional Skills: To possess professional skills required for legal practice such as Argument, Pleading, drafting, conveyancing etc.
• PLO4. Professional Ethics: To understand and apply principles of professional ethics of legal profession. Skill to participate as respected members of the bar
• PLO5. Legal research & legal reasoning: to develop legal research skills & legal reasoning and apply it during programme & in Legal practice.
• PLO6. Self-reflection & lifelong learning : To develop an attitude of self-reflection while learning & Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of changing legal contexts.
• PLO7. Self-employability: To provide a platform of self-employability by developing professional skills in legal industry
• PLO8. Demonstration of ethical, moral and professional behavior
• PLO9. To develop leadership qualities amongst graduates.
• PL10. To make awareness about Constitutional legislative & societal transformation in society to develop clinical abilities