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Some of the new law graduates face an uncertain future after the Kenya School of Law (KSL) rejected their bid to join the institution. It is a requirement that a person who wishes to practice law in Kenya must undergo a mandatory Advocates Training Programme (ATP) at KSL after acquiring a Bachelors (LLB) degree.
The rejection must have come as a shock to them after efforts and years of study with the ultimate aim of joining the bar. This is not the first such shocker. In 2015, law students at the Eldoret-based Moi University protested after the Council of Legal Education (CLE) gave notice it would close the institution ostensibly because it did not meet the required standards.
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