Qualifying Law Degrees

In order to be licensed as an attorney, an applicant must hold a Qualifying Law Degree as, pursuant to Section 30(a)(2) of the Legal Profession Act, one of the conditions for being licensed as a lawyer is having completed an undergraduate degree in law from an educational institution that is accredited by and satisfies the conditions prescribed by the Bar Council.

The Bar Council has adopted a ‘Minimum Standards on Prescribed Learning Outcomes and Statement of Prescribed Knowledge for Qualifying Law Degrees’, which set out the requirements for a Qualifying Law Degree in the Maldives. Among other requirements, the Minimum Standards for Qualifying Law Degrees set out the major and minor prescribed knowledge areas, which are as follows.

Major prescribed knowledge areas