List of law schools in Pakistan
Legal education in Pakistan was initiated before independence and dates back to the 1800s. The first legal education institution was established under the name of ‘University Law College’ in 1868. Currently, there are more than 150 institutions offering law programs, which include universities and law colleges. These institutions are regulated by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Higher Education Commission (HEC). Currently School of Law, Quaid-i-Azam university, Islamabad has been ranked No.1 in Pakistan.[1]
Ranking of law schools[]
1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad [2]
2. International Islamic University, Islamabad
3. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
4. University of Punjab
5.University of Lahore, Lahore
6. Islamia College University, Peshawar
7.Peshawar University, Peshawar
8. Bahria University, Islamabad
9. Bahauddin Zakria University, Multan
10. Government College University, Faisalabad
Major law schools[]
Institution | Law school | Founded | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Quaid-i-Azam University | School of Law | 2013 | Islamabad |
Sindh Muslim Government Law College | 1947 | Karachi | |
International Islamic University, Islamabad | Faculty of Sharia and Law | 1980 started from Quaid i Azam University | Islamabad |
Punjab University | University Law College | 1870 | |
University of Karachi | School of Law | Karachi | |
University of Sargodha | College of Law | Sargodha | |
University of Management and Technology, Lahore[3] | School of Law and Policy | Lahore | |
Bahria University, Islamabad | Department of Law | Islamabad | |
Islamia College University, Peshawar | Department of Shariah and Law | 2008 | Peshawar |
Lahore University of Management Sciences | Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law | Lahore | |
Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan | Faculty of Law | Faisalabad | |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College | Gujranwala | ||
Faculty of Law | Karachi | ||
Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan | Law College | Dera Ismail Khan | |
Hamdard University, Karachi | Faculty of Law | Karachi | |
University of Balochistan | University Law College | Quetta | |
Hazara University, Mansehra | Department of Law | Mansehra | |
Islamia University, Bahawalpur | Department of Law | Bahawalpur | |
Peshawar University, Peshawar | Peshawar | ||
[4] | Arifwala | ||
Haripur | |||
Shah Abdul Latif University | Khairpur | ||
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad | Muzaffarabad | ||
University of Gujrat | Gujrat | ||
Lahore | |||
Hyderabad | |||
University of South Asia, Lahore | Lahore |
Law schools in Pakistan[]
Islamabad Federal Capital Territory[]
- School of Law, Quaid i Azam University
Balochistan[]
- City School of Law, Quetta
- Jhalawan Law College, Khuzdar
- Zarghoon Law College, Quetta
- National Law College(NIHE), Quetta
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa[]
- Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
- Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
- Frontier Law College, Dera Ismail Khan
- Luqman College of Law, Dera Ismail Khan
- Abraham Lincoln School of Law, Bannu
- Hazara University, Mansehra
- Saani Islamia Law College, Haripur
- University of Peshawar, Peshawar
- Khyber Law College. University of Peshawar
- Abbott Law College, Abbottabad
- Abbott Law College, Mansehra
- Ayub Law College, Haripur, Pakistan
- Centre for Studies in Law and Democracy, Peshawar
- Frontier Law College, Peshawar115402
- Institute of Legal Studies, Peshawar
- Islamia Law College, Peshawar
- Jinnah Law College, Peshawar
- Justice Law College, Abbottabad
- Kohat Law College, Kohat
- Mardan Law College, Mardan
- Muslim Law College, Swat District
- Peshawar Law College, Peshawar
- Quaid-e-Azam Institute of Legal Studies, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Supreme Law College, Peshawar
- Swabi Law College, Swabi
Punjab[]
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College, Gujranwala
- School of Law and Policy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore[3]
- University of Lahore (Postgraduate Institute of Law)
- Kinnaird Law School, Lahore
- Bahauddin Zakariya University, Gillani Law College, Multan
- Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Sargodha
- Multan Law College Multan
- Multan Law College D.G. Khan[5]
- Jinnah Law College D.G. Khan (MAQ)
- Supreme Law College Multan
- Noor Law College Multan
- INEX Law Academy Multan
- Islamia University Bahawalpur
- Bahawalpur Law College, Bahawalpur
- Millat Law College, Bahawalpur
- AIPS Law college, Bahawalpur
- Ali Law College, Rahimyar Khan
- Jinnah Muslim Law College, Islamabad
- University College Lahore, Lahore
- Lahore University of Management Sciences, School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Lahore
- University of the Punjab
- Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Lahore
- Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Okara
- Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Sargodha
- Cornelius Law College, Sargodha
- Premier Law College, Gujranwala
- Allama Iqbal Law College, Sialkot
- City Law College, Lahore
- Ghousia Law College, Okara
- Gujrat Law College, Gujrat
- School of Law, Lahore
- Hamayat Islam Law College, Lahore
- Himayat-e-Islam Degree College for Women, Lahore
- Jinnah Law College, Jhelum
- CIMS School of Law, Ichra Lahore
- Lahore Law College, Lahore
- Toppers Law College, Lahore
- Lyallpur Law College, Faisalabad
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College, Gujranwala
- Muhammadan Law College, Sheikhupura
- Muslim Law College, Rawalpindi
- National Institute of legal studies Attock
- Pakistan College of Law, Lahore
- , Lahore
- Punjab Law College, Lahore
- Punjab Law College, Rawalpindi
- Rawalpindi Law College, Rawalpindi
- Superior College of Law, Lahore
- Jandanwala College of Law,
- Royal Law College, Arifwala (0305-5961115)[4]
- Royal Law College, Bahawalnagar (0305-5961115)
Azad Kashmir[]
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Mirpur University of Sciences and technology law school
- University of kotli
- Kashmir Law college
- Techera law college
Sindh[]
- Denning Law School, Karachi [LLB (Hons.) of University of London] https://www.denninglawschool.com/
- Ziauddin University Faculty of Law https://zfl.zu.edu.pk/
- Themis School of Law, Karachi [ LLB (Hons.) of University of London]
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
- L'ecole for Advanced Studies, Karachi
- Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Karachi
- Federal Urdu University, Karachi
- Hamdard University, Karachi
- Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
- Govt. ABD Law College, Sukkur
- Govt. Law College, Khairpur
- Govt. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Law College, Larkana
- Haji Moula Bux Law College, Shikarpur, Sindh
- Law College, Ghotki
- Law College, Naushahro Feroze
- Sardar Noor Muhammad Khan Bijarani Law College, Kandhkot
- University of Karachi, Karachi
- Islamia Law College, Karachi
- Sindh Muslim Law College, Karachi
- University of Sindh, Jamshoro
- , Jamshoro
- Govt. Hyderabad Sindh Law College, Hyderabad, Sindh
- Govt. Jinnah Law college, Hyderabad, Sindh
- Govt. Pir Illahi Bux Law College, Dadu, Pakistan
- Indus College Of Law, Hyderabad, Sindh www.induscollegeoflaw.edu.pk
- Law College, Mirpur Khas
- Quaid-e-Azam Law College (Estd. Since 1998), affiliated University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan,
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Law College, Qambar Shahdadkot District
- Everest Law College, Hyderabad, Sindh
LLB awarding bodies[]
The following universities are authorized to award law degrees in Pakistan:[7]
- School of Law and Policy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore[3]
- University of Sindh, Sindh
- University of Gujrat, Punjab
- Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
- GC University, Faisalabad
- Lailpur Law College, Faisalabad
- Govt SM Law College University Of Karachi, Karachi
- University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Swat University, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- University of Punjab, Lahore
- University of Sindh, Hyderabad
- University of Balochistan, Quetta
- , Multan
- Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan
- Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
- Islamia University, Bhawalpur
- Hamdard University, Karachi
- Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Sargodha University, Sargodha
- LUMS, Lahore
- Islamia College University, Peshawar
- Bahria University, Islamabad
- University College Lahore, Lahore
- University of Karachi, Karachi
- Federal Urdu University, Karachi
- Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
- School of Law, Gulberg, Lahore
- Islamia Law College, Karachi
See also[]
- Bachelor of Laws: Pakistan
- Doctor of law: Pakistan
- Law of Pakistan
- List of universities in Pakistan
- Lists of law schools
- Master of Laws: Pakistan
References[]
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