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School of Law

Message from the Ag. Dean - Dr. Amb. Koki Muli Grignon, PhD

Dr. Kauti

SEKU School of Law is an agenda-setting Centre of Excellence in Legal Education offering an LL.B Programme beginning September 2023. Its approach will be practical, participatory, skills-oriented, and learner-centered. To achieve this, its delivery methodologies and techniques integrate interactive lectures, seminars and tutorials, plenary and group discussions, simulations and moot courts, case studies, visits, and study tours. The methodologies and techniques will equip learners with practical knowledge and skills to respond to the demands of the job market, both locally and globally, transforming learners into world-class legal professionals. Assessments will combine both formative and summative assessment methodologies aimed at continually keeping track of each learner’s progress, and timely redress of any gaps in the learner’s academic progress, in a personalized way.
SEKU SoL has a staff establishment of legal scholars that possess a wealth of knowledge and global experience equipped to engage in legal discourse, research, and education at regional, national, and global levels. To further enrich the learners’ experience, SEKU has engaged highly trained complementary support staff to attend to the administrative, cultural, social, and welfare interests and priorities of learners. The SEKU SoL Library is distinct state-of-the-art, and equipped to support learning, teaching, research, innovation, commercialization, and community services. The Law Library has adequate study spaces, and a wide range of materials, equipment, and resources. The library staff is well-trained and current and will provide support to learners and faculty in all aspects including guidance on the procedure for accessing and borrowing library resources, registration for library membership (physical and online), and online and physical library help services.
The physical facilities including an ultra-modern moot court, classrooms, and seminars complement the facilities, resources, and ambiance, the University offers to learners, faculty, and staff of the SEKU SoL.

Read about the Dean -  Amb. Koki Muli Grignon, PhD

Vision

To be a globally competitive Centre of Excellence in Legal Teaching and Learning, Research, Innovation, Community Service, and Commercialization.

Modes of Delivery and Strategy

To achieve this vision, SEKU SoL will employ innovative methodologies and techniques as modes of delivery of its legal programme. The SEKU SoL LL.B Programme will be delivered through various pedagogical methodologies and techniques including the following:

  1. Physical and Online Interactive Lectures;
  2. Seminars and Tutorials;
  3. Simulations and Role-Plays;
  4. Judicial Attachments and Clinical Work;
  5. Visits/Study Tours,
  6. Moot Courts;
  7. Legal Aid and Community Services.

LL.B Programme teaches learners to critically reflect on their understanding of the law, how it works, and how it can be changed. It will be assessed through a variety of summative assessments, including end-term written examinations, coursework essays, oral presentations, continuous assessment tests, moot courts, internships and attachments, and dissertations.

Moot Court

The School of Law recognizes that student involvement in moot court activities provides significant opportunities for informative and individual achievement. In addition to being an extra-curricular student activity, the School of Law construes moot court as a compulsory teaching method, regulated by the Council for Legal Education to aid jump starts the students’ legal careers. Towards facilitating students’ excellence in moot court competitions, the School of Law has in place a state-of-the-art and modern fully furnished moot court that mirrors and an actual court room replete with formal court dress, including gowns and wigs. The moot court is fully fitted with chambers and holding cells for accused persons.
The moot court competitions include intra-school competitions and travelling team competitions and involve rigorous preparation and writing of briefs, many hours of practice and arguments before a panel of judges. Moot Court is overseen, firstly, by the Executive Moot Court Board, which oversees all Moot Court activities within the SEKU-School of Law. Secondly, by an External Competition Coordinator that assists the Executive Moot Court Board in identifying coaches for all intra-school competitions and approved inter-school competitions, and in identifying and vetting of judges. Lastly, by School Advisor that supervises the financial plan process and communicates with the Executive Moot Court Board and the External Competition Coordinator to ensure smooth administration of the program.

Library

The School of Law has a well-equipped Library that serves the School’s learning and research information requirements. The Library supports learning, teaching and research at the School of Law, and is located within the School of Law building. The library resources comprise library catalogue; books and encyclopedias; journal titles and articles; Hansard and Parliamentary reports; Law Commission reports; East African Community documents; conference papers; newspaper articles; past examination papers; digital education resource archive and archives catalogue; SEKU research data; and digital collections.
The Library and study spaces are available to all students of SEKU School of Law. The study spaces in the Library are set up to allow for individual study and group study to enable students work collaboratively with other students. However, conversations in group study should not disrupt other Library users. The Library has an IT Services Desk that allows students to speak to a member of staff about IT queries. To ensure that Library services are accessible to all, the physical layout of the School of Law Library enables access to the library by all, including wheelchair users and those with mobility difficulties. The library opening hours are:

Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Public Holidays - Closed

Judicial Attachments and Clinicals

Judicial Attachment programme aims to imbue a clinical approach to learning law, giving students a platform to “learn law by doing law.” In practice, Judicial Attachment programme occurs through judicial placements of students at the trial courts in Kenya, giving the students an opportunity to serve as a student law clerk for magistrates and judges. Through the judicial placements, students learn about the role of the judge, the role of a law clerk, and other legal practitioners in judicial decision-making.

The objective of Judicial Attachment programme is to firstly, to provide students with opportunities for applying and expanding skills acquired through prior simulated experiences especially interviewing, counselling, case planning and litigation. Secondly, to provide students with opportunities for learning the substantive law of the field of practice-both at the bar and the bench. Thirdly, to provide students with opportunities to develop their ability as problem solvers. Lastly, to provide students with opportunities to offer legal assistance either through the School's own projects or in co-ordination with external projects.

Our History

The SEKU SoL is a key legacy of our Founding Vice Chancellor, Prof. Geoffrey M. Muluvi and also an achievement for the first chairman of the Council, Prof. Munavu, who held this objective in mind since it was a Constituent College of University of Nairobi. The SEKU SoL was accredited by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) on 29th November 2022... Read more