Lusterless Legal Education and its Challenges: A Case of Pakistan

Abstract

This commentary is based on first-hand knowledge of staying in Pakistan. I am very grateful for the opportunity to teach in the Fall semester of 2022 at the newly launched law department of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). Had I stayed in the United States, gaining an objective perspective and deeper understanding of Pakistani legal education and the legal system would have been impossible. Lately, there has been a massive push by the Pakistan Supreme Court, Pakistan Bar Council, and Higher Education Commission to bring changes to legal education. Fundamentally, there is a renewed sense of awakening and urgency that current legal education in practice does not meeting the needs of modern times. Therefore, significant changes need to be brought about on the challenging legal front.