The changing face of the legal profession

The homegrown legal profession in Kenya is only 50 years old. Kenya School of Law was established in 1963 and the late John Gachuhi — who rose to become a Court of Appeal Judge — was its first graduate when he was enrolled as an Advocate in 1968.

The University of Nairobi set up a law faculty in 1967 until which time most Kenyans undertook their legal training in Dar es Salaam and the fortunate ones trained in England and India.