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Shock as new graduates barred from Law school

School of Law graduands during Mount Kenya University 10th graduation ceremony recently in Thika, Kiambu County. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Hundreds of new law graduates from Kenyan and foreign universities have been denied admission to the Kenya School of Law for the mandatory Advocates Training Programme (ATP) after the institution determined they did not meet minimum requirements despite acquiring a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.

Some of the affected students appealed their rejection to the Council for Legal Education (CLE) which approves, and accredits all law degree training schools and programmes in Kenya for remedy.

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