Lawyers in Sudan

Sudan Lawyers Historical Background and Admission

Historical background:

The admission of lawyers in sudan has been regulated since 1938 when the first Sudanese lawyer, Mr. Ibraheem Elmufti, was licenced as a lawyer. Before that it is beleived that the legal profession was dominated by foreigners, mainly British, since Sudan was under the colony of Britain. The Khartoum School of Law which established in 1935 was the only institution for studying law in Sudan at that time. The Law School was admitting small numbers of students not exceeding ten each batch. After studying two years the students who pass the final examination were awarded Diploma in laws under the supervision of the Judicial Secretary. The graduates, whose legal career was predetermined by the Judicial Secretary at the stage of admission to the school, had to join the judiciary as judges or go to private practicing as lawyers. for instant, the first batch in the Law School was consisted of 7 students, six of them admitted to be judges and one admitted to graduate as lawyer. In 1947 the Khartoum School of Law was upgraded to a College within the University College of Khartoum affiliated to the University of London. Following the change of University College of Khartoum to the University of Khartoum in 1956 the college became the Faculty of Law within the University. Before 1971, the Faculty of Law used to award two separate degrees: Bachelor of Laws (Sharia) and Bachelor of Laws (Civil). In 1971, the two degrees were merged into Bachelor of Laws. Today there is many Universities in Sudan with law colleges which graduates thousands of students awarded bachelor degree of laws.