Law is one of the oldest academic fields in the world. It is one of the highly regarded qualifications across the world and is counted amongst the most esteemed careers. In fact, the law has been a part of history in many different ways. Let’s take for example some of the names like Margaret Thatcher, Barack Obama and Mahatma Gandhi, whom the world knows as the great leaders and what did they have in common? A law degree.
Sure, enough this is a valid point to take up law, but the question which has been surfacing around some time now is that – can you pursue your law education online? Does an online law degree the same as the traditional one? Will an online law degree be accepted as a valid one? Can you study a bachelor of laws online?
Pursuing an intense subject like law online is yet to get popular and, in most cases, it is not advised. But as we see the current tides online courses are at a surge and students can even choose to pursue an online law degree given that the degree is accredited and has the same value as a traditional degree. The field of law is keeping it slow in terms of getting the law courses online. It is primarily on the colleges which have taken the initiative to offer the course online law degree to the students.
Just for instance Cavendish University Zambia, School of Law, offers three different programs:
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Master of Laws (LLM)
- Certificate in Paralegal Studies
All three programs are carefully designed to educating law students to master legal theories and practices and to perform well in the examinations for advocates offered by the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education. The modes of study as offered by Cavendish University includes day-time contact, evening contact, working adult (blended), and distance learning. The degree is further pushed to an online mode this year along with other courses as was the need due to the 2020 pandemic.
This can be stated as a marker for online law degree finding its popularity and acceptance as the scenario is almost the same across the world. Thus, normalizing the online deliverance of education of full-fledged courses such as the bachelor of laws and allowing the students to build their career in the legal field. As of now, the online course available is mostly the short-term certification in paralegal studies.
However, the bachelor of laws degree has the probability of not having a pure online structure as it includes debates, acquaintance to the courtroom ambiance, case studies, deliverance, and witnessing the trials as novices. Thus, we can expect the course to be in a blended form. The popularization of online law degrees will revolutionize the career and scope of the legal field.
Till then you can apply for the online course offered by the institutes like Cavendish University and other law schools in Zambia and walk ahead in your career.
