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 the University Law College (now Punjab 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).
Major law schools
Institution Law school Founded LocationUniversity of the PunjabPunjab University Law College1868LahoreLahore University of Management Sciences Shiekh Ahmad Hassan School of Law 2004Lahore Quaid-i-Azam UniversitySchool of Law2013IslamabadInternational Islamic University, IslamabadFaculty of Sharia and Law1980 started from Quaid i Azam UniversityIslamabadUniversity of KarachiSchool of LawKarachiSindh Muslim Government Law College 1947Karachi University of Sargodha Department of Law SargodhaUniversity of Management and Technology, Lahore School of Law and Policy LahoreBahria University, Islamabad Bahria University Law School IslamabadUniversity of Malakand Department of Law 2002Chakdara, Lower Dir Islamia College University, PeshawarDepartment of Shariah and Law2008PeshawarUniversity of PeshawarKhyber Law College1950PeshawarUniversity of PeshawarCollege of Legal Studies2025PeshawarGovernment College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Faculty of LawFaisalabad Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College Gujranwala Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan Law College Dera Ismail Khan Hamdard University, Karachi Faculty of Law KarachiUniversity of BalochistanUniversity Law College1971Quetta Hazara University, Mansehra Department of Law Mansehra Islamia University, BahawalpurDepartment of Law Bahawalpur Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad University of Gujrat Gujrat
Law schools in Pakistan
Islamabad Federal Capital Territory School of Law, Quaid i Azam University S3H, National University of Sciences and Technology
Balochistan University Law College, Quetta City School of Law, Quetta Jhalawan Law College, Khuzdar Zarghoon Law College, Quetta National Law College(NIHE), Quetta
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa College of Legal Studies Peshawar Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan University of Malakand, Department of Law 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 Khyber Law College, University of Peshawar, 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, Peshawar 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 Punjab University Law College, University of The Punjab Al-Jinnah Institute for Law, Sargodha Unified Law College, Chiniot Muhammad Ali Jinnah Law College, Gujranwala School of Law and Policy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore University of Lahore (Postgraduate Institute of Law), Lahore Muhammad Iqbal Law School GCU Lahore Kinnaird Law School, Lahore Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Royal Law College, Burewala Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Sargodha Multan Law College, Multan Multan Law College, D.G. Khan Jinnah Law College, D.G. Khan Supreme Law College, Multan Noor Law College, Multan INEX Law Academy, Multan Islamia University Bahawalpur Royal Law College, Bahawalnagar Bahawalpur Law College, Bahawalpur Millat Law College, Bahawalpur AIPS Law college, Bahawalpur Ali Law College, Rahimyar Khan Jinnah Muslim Law College, Islamabad Lahore University of Management Sciences, School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Lahore University of the Punjab (Affiliated Colleges) Al-Jinnah Institute for Law, Sargodha Royal Law College, Arifwala Quaid-e-Azam Law College,"Quaid-e-Azam Law College", Educational Guide of Pakistan (2000-2001), 2000, vol 3, p 313. "Quaid-e-Azam Law College", 1995-96 Educational Directory of Pakistan, Ibrahim Publishers, 1995, p 328. Lahore Cornelius Law College, Sargodha Allama Iqbal Law College, Sialkot City Law College, Lahore HRPC School of Law, Lahore The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS), Lahore Gujrat Law College, Gujrat Lahore School of Law, Lahore Hamayat Islam Law College, Lahore Jinnah Law College, Jhelum CIMS School of Law, 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 Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Okara Pakistan College of Law,"Pakistan College of Law", Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools 2003/2004, p 189. "Pakistan College of Law", Educational Guide of Pakistan (2000-2001), 2000, vol 3, p 313. Lahore Leads Law College, Lahore Punjab Law College, Lahore Rawalpindi Law College, Rawalpindi Jandanwala College of Law, Kharian Justice Inn Law College, Narowal
Azad Kashmir University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology, Law School, Mirpur University of Kotli, Kotli Kashmir Law College Techera Law College
Sindh Indus College Of Law, Hyderabad 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], Bar Transfer Test, 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 Sindh Mehran Institute of Law (SMIL), Jamshoro Govt. Hyderabad Sindh Law College, Hyderabad, Sindh Govt. Jinnah Law college, Hyderabad, Sindh Govt. Pir Illahi Bux Law College, Dadu, Pakistan Law College, Mirpur Khas Quaid-e-Azam Law College (Estd. Since 1998), affiliated University of Sindh, Jamshoro Pakistan, Nawabshah, Shaheed BenazirAbad Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Law College, Kambar Qambar Shahdadkot District Everest Law College, Hyderabad, Sindh HUB law college, Jamshoro
LLB awarding bodies The following universities are authorized to award law degrees in Pakistan:The Gazette of Pakistan Extra., Dec. 31, 2005, First Schedule Punjab University, Lahore University of Management and Technology, Lahore University of Sindh, Sindh University of Gujrat, Punjab Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad GC University, 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, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa University of Sindh, Hyderabad University of Balochistan, Quetta Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan Superior University, Lahore University Of Lahore Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan GC University, Lahore 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 of Karachi, Karachi Federal Urdu University, Karachi Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
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
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