ABSTRACT
All law colleges offer an LLB degree programme that since 1995 has moved from a two-year to a three-year programme. The LLB syllabus contains, in addition to the core subjects of the common law, a substantial section on various areas of Islamic law. It is both an academic as well as a professional degree and law graduates are issued with a licence to practice after a six-month apprenticeship period with a senior lawyer having 10 years’ experience as a lawyer of the High Court. Thereafter they undertake a test and interview and, if successful, they are issued licences to appear before all the courts and tribunals in the Province except the High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan. After two years, they are enrolled as advocates of the High Court. It takes another 10 years to be eligible to become an advocate of the Supreme Court. Those wishing to practise before the Federal Shariat Court must have practised for at least five years as an advocate of the High Court.
