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Originally designated as a School of Law and Shari’a), the School was inaugurated upon the issuance of an Amiri Decree on April 1st 1967 to contribute towards legal scholarship, and became a separate college within Kuwait University in 1968. In 1981, the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic studies was founded, and the current faculty changed its name into ‘Kuwait University School of Law - KUSL’. The School now comprises the following four departments:
1. Department of Private Law
2. Department of Public Law
3. Department of Criminal Law
4. Department of International Law
KUSL seeks to provide a distinguished level of legal education, which meets international educational standards, and to provide the community with highly qualified law graduates equipped with legal skills and research capabilities to serve the legal profession, with cross cultural appreciation.
The School admits students coming from secondary education. It adopts an annual four-year Bachelor of Laws degree program (LL.B.).
KUSL operates a (LL.M.) post-graduate program since 1993 ..The program consists of two separate schemes; Private Law and Public Law. The School also runs Masters program in Environmental Sciences offered and supervised by the College of Graduate Studies.