Problem of Law Education in Pakistan and Private Law Colleges

The numbers of lawyers in Pakistan are increasing with rapid pace but quality of their services and competency as a whole is also decreasing with same speed in Pakistan. In past Pakistan produced many able and competent lawyers and jurist who proved themselves at international stage. But today the situation is deplorable. What is the main reason behind this? There is only one reason for this phenomenon and that is the phenomenal increase of private law colleges in Pakistan.
Today there are hundreds of private law colleges operating in Pakistan which are producing thousands of law graduates every year. Most of these colleges are only exist in papers without any proper building, faculty and class rooms. There is only one criterion for entrance in such colleges and that is FEE.

In Pakistan the merit of Doctors and engineers are very high and only few very competent and able students are admitted in medical and engineering institutions. But what is the criterion for the Lawyers? There is no merit because you can easily get admission in Private Law College with C or D grade marks in graduation. All you have to do is to give them fees and there is no need to take classes of law, at the end of every year you can sit in the annual exams and easily pass it by just preparing few important questions. Even some colleges offer you guess papers and guarantee you the success in exams for little more money. You can become a law graduate in Pakistan very easily without even attending class in college.
Majority of people try to get admission in different courses of Universities after their graduation but when they fail to get admission anywhere they took admission in Private Law College. Most of them start some job or business and during those three years of LLB they even not bother to come to their college. Some of them even don’t know the name of their college and they got admission through their friends who pay their fees and inform them when to sit in the annual exam.
After completion of LLB the entry test is conducted by Punjab Bar council or other provincial Bar Council before granting license of advocacy to law a graduate. But this test is big joke as 99 % of applicants always pass in that test. Now after that a person is ready to start his career as advocate. Is it possible for such person to become competent advocate or jurist?
In western countries the Lawyers are the most respected, highly educated, highly paid persons, in nutshell they are the real cream of society. Now after reading above mentioned conditions and procedures you can easily conclude that why profession of law is in such dismal condition here in Pakistan.
Such policy is not only harmful for general public but also for lawyer’s community in the country because this rapid growth in numbers of lawyers in country seriously damages their earning capacities.
Government should adopt serious measures against these private law colleges. All such colleges should be abolished and only respectable public sector universities are given permissions to conduct law graduations with limited numbers of seats. Only few private colleges with high standard of education are given limited numbers of seats for law graduation. All Provincial Bar Councils must conduct the entry test for the license of Advocate in its true spirit and license should only be given to those able candidates who are fully committed with their profession. Only by implementing these suggestion situation can be improved in the legal system of Pakistan. It will not only beneficial for lawyers but also helpful for the general public who can get good services from competent and professional lawyers.

Hence law colleges of Pakistan are in very bad shape. Government of Pakistan need to improve the condition of law education in Pakistan and improve the Law colleges of Pakistan. Problems of law colleges in Pakistan are huge and also causing inconvenience for advocates in Pakistan.