Chancellor College Faculty of Law
Mission
The Mission of the Faculty of Law is to make outstanding contribution to greater justice, enjoyment and protection of human rights, welfare and development through responsive academic and practical legal education, quality research and covetable expertise primarily for Malawi and Africa.
Focus
The focus of the Faculty, as spelt out in its Mission Statement, is to contribute to the attainment of greater social justice, people’s welfare and development, and the enjoyment and protection of human rights. The Faculty is determined that such contribution should be outstanding, contextual and relevant particularly to development needs in the country, the region and beyond. Research, expertise and the development of practical skills are highly valued by the Faculty in its advancement of academic excellence and contribution to the realization of the right to development.
The Faculty of Law occupies a unique place in Malawi’s past and present. Every year, since its inception in 1970, the Faculty has admitted some of the best students of the University of Malawi and produced over 600 law graduates who have gone on to make remarkable contribution to national development. The Faculty of Law is proud to count, among its alumni the Chief Justices and many of the current members of the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal; a Speaker of Parliament; a number of Cabinet Ministers; almost all practicing lawyers in the country and several Attorneys General.
Departments
The faculty has two departments: Foundational Law and Practical Legal Studies. It offers the Bachelor of Laws (Honors) degree and the Master of Laws (Commercial Law).
Staff Values
Members of staff in the faculty share a number of values, including a shared passion for justice, a drive to demonstrate academic and professional excellence, a dutiful team spirit, mutual respect and accountability to colleagues, students and stakeholders.
Master of Laws
LL.M (Commercial Law)
Since 2012, the Faculty has offered a Master of Laws in Commercial Law [LL.M(Commercial Law)] degree programme which is delivered over an 18-month period through a combination of coursework and a research-based dissertation. The coursework covers the following core and elective core courses:
- LLM 611:Corporate Finance Law
- LLM 612:International Commercial
- LawLLM 614:Private International Law
- LLM 615:Advanced Research Methodology
- LLM 623:International Banking and Financial Law
- LLM 627:International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration
- LLM 629 :Theory and Practice of Corporate Governance
- LLM 6210:WTO Law and Global Business
Elective
- LLM 6212: Corporate Tax Law
- LLM 6213 :Theory and Practice of Insolvency Law
- LLM 6214 :International And Comparative Intellectual Property Law
The degree is awarded to students who successfully complete the coursework and supervised research on any commercial law topic of his or her choice which culminates in the submission of a dissertation which passes prescribed assessment.
LL.M (Governance)
Commencing in the 2017-18 academic year, the Faculty will offer the LL.M (Governance) degree programme which will be delivered over an 18-month period through a combination of coursework and a research-based dissertation. The coursework covers the following core and elective courses:
- LLM 711 Research Methodologies in Governance
- LLM 712: Governance in the Field
- LLM 713: Political Economy of Governance
- LLM 714: Law, Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development
- LLM 715: Dissertation
- LLM 716: Democracy, Law-making and Elections
- LLM 717: Human Rights and the Courts
- LLM 718: Global Governance
- LLM 719: Non-state Actors and Governance
- LLM 721: Inter-governmental Governance in Africa
- LLM 722: Constitutionalism, the Executive and State Institutions
- LLM 723: Gender and Governance
The degree is awarded to students who successfully complete the coursework and supervised research on any commercial law topic of his or her choice which culminates in the submission of a dissertation which passes prescribed assessment.
In addition to delivering the courses listed above, the Department of Foundational Law actively contributes to the Faculty of Law’s research, community outreach and consultancy activities, including those aimed at enhancing the synergies between theory and practice, and promoting linkages with the community, the private sector, the government and other stakeholders.