About The Department LAWW

Department of Law is the only department within School of Law. Due to the nature of legal education, other departments are not common in Law Schools. Department of Law is launched after the establishment of School of Law and started the journey by teaching 40 students.

The of the department is  aimed at producing competent, entrepreneur and responsible legal professionals. Specifically: it

• Incubates students, who serve society with the highest heed to ethical values, strive to defend rights and liberties and uphold the fundamentals of rule of law and justice;
• Produces students with basic knowledge of major national legislation and procedures, along with the skills of legal interpretation required to solve legal problems;
• enhances the critical thinking abilities of students so that they can understand and implement laws as judges, practicing lawyers, prosecutors, public defenders or academicians;
• produces professionals who can deliver effective legal advice and consultancy to public institutions, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector or individuals;
• educate individuals who will be able to speak to and advise clients with professionalism, understanding and responsibility;
• prepares competent lawyers who undertake legal research and publish their work, and hence reinforce Ethiopian legal jurisprudence.