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Department of Law, DU

Change of curriculum is a must to achieve international standard
Dhaka University has started its journey with the department of law among others in 1921. In the course of time it has become a faculty. Three years (honours) course was introduced in the sessions of 1972-73. It extended up to four years from 197778 sessions. Though nearly 25 years has been passed the curriculum, lecture methods, course modules are still remaining ancient. More over political rivalry has hugged the department like other of the university. Hence, students of different class have come up with their various problems and suggestions to Anisur Rahman of Law Desk.
There is lack of accountability
Tanim Hussain Shawon
LL.M
After being completed the LL.M from Dhaka University I felt that more comprehensive and multidimensional approach should be adopted. The LL.B programme of our department is mainly focused on building lawyers. LL.M programme is totally different from it. Some serious reformation is necessary in LL.B programme. New, modern subjects, like International Trade and Business Law, new development of intellectual property law have to be introduced.
We were given hard labour for a month to prepare the research monograph for LL.M degree. The research monograph is limited by time and it mainly depends on secondary sources. Students are not given enough time to go different stockholder for information. So due to lack of authentic and innovative information it becomes the extended form of an essay. It is not possible to prepare a standard research paper within the time. Students need at least six months time to prepare it.
In regard to our teachers I can say that though they are competent most of them come to class without having sufficient preparation which they should have. The whole atmosphere of the university is centered not in the education rather on the teacher's politics. Most of the teachers have indulged in teacher's politics rather than study. In recent time they also concentrate more on the private universities. Therefore they do not have enough time to concentrate their very duties. Though they are competent they do not deliver it up to our satisfaction.
The department has very poor record of publishing journal. It does have a journal but there is a backlog of more than three years. The journal published solely by the teachers and students are hardly informed about it. It is not sold in the seminar even publication of journal is not noticed in the notice board. So it is an isolated part of the department. There is a lack of obligation, lack of accountability towards the students.
Department of law is less productive because it hardly introduce the modern development of different subjects. It failed to motivate the students to be social engineer. The teachers should play the leading role in this regard.
There is an unhealthy competition
Mehar Nigar Suchona
LL.B, 2nd year.
I feel proud studying law. We are lucky enough that our class is taking place regularly comparing to other departments. But one thing is that except some exceptional teachers, our teachers follow the traditional way of teaching, which makes learning law boring. Some teachers are made bound to lecture on a subject without his/her will that is embarrassing for both the students and teachers. Case law is always neglected here. Course system should be restructured. Jurisprudence, Law of Contract may be taught in the 2nd or 3rd year.
There are some problems in the department. We had observed direct political rivalry in the department, which frustrates us to some extent. Our seminar does not have sufficient books, journals and in some cases there is only one copy of particular book. This insufficiency hinders studies a great extent. Number of librarian in the seminar should be increased. There is a serious accommodation problem in the class room. Some times we attend the class standing.
The department should initiate seminar or open discussion on different legal issues. It can organise debate on different legal issues, which will make harmonious relationship between students of different classes. Cultural programmes are always neglected here which makes department boring. We are just going to be lawyer in the narrow sense.
Friendly relationship between students and teachers is absent here. There is an unhealthy competition among the students. All of we should give this habit up.
Result should be published within one month
Mahfuza Liza
LL.B, 4th year.
I think there are series of problems in our course order or arrangement. As for example, jurisprudence is a tough subject, it is not fit for a first year student, and it should be taught in third year. On the other hand, easy subjects like Roman law, Equity and Trust should be taught in first year. Both CrPC and Penal Code are difficult subjects, each carrying 50 marks, are taught as one course in third year. These two papers need to be separated each allocating 100 marks. Again separating 'Govt. and Politics form Constitution, I think, unnecessary, as contents of both the papers are almost same. Moreover, inclusion of Court Fees Act, Suit Valuation Act, Civil Rules and Orders in our course structure is necessary.
Teaching method is not sufficient. Here the procedural laws are taught by the teachers who are or were never practising lawyers. Practical experience of teacher is invaluable. So if the procedural laws are taught by the practising lawyers, certainly it will bring understandable change. Another terrible thing in the department is that there is immense communication gap between students and teachers. The teachers always follow and continue their own style of teaching. They never feel to testify whether their teaching styles are student-friendly or not.
Another thing that I like to mention here that no tutorial class is taken in our department. It has become a tradition that every year we speak of tutorial class; give it place in class routine in the notice board; but it did not taken place. But tutorial class is undeniable to improve the quality of backward students and develop student teachers relations.
Finally the thing I must mention here is that our department takes long time, even a year, to publish the results of each year, which is unreasonable. It creates problems to the students who are to face improvement test.
Teacher's performance should be evaluated by students
Moazzem Hossain Tareq
LL.B, 3rd year.
I think the environment of study in the department is satisfactory. As a matter of fact in Bangladeshi we cannot expect better environment than the prevailing one.
To my mind, the course order should be rearranged. The syllabus should be made update. Such for example, it is unnecessary to teach Roman law as a separate paper; it may be included in legal history. In the name of land law what we were taught the history of land law. But there are various practical problems relating to our land; everyday a good number of suits relating to land dispute are being disposed of in courts which is ignored here. Jurisprudence and Legal History should be taught in first year.
Procedural laws should be taught by the practising lawyers. They are in the right position to make the students understood the laws nicely as they have fresh experience. Actually what we are learning here is more theoretical than practical. We still study the cases of 1860, 1875 or 1900. But there are available case references relating to our Penal Code, CrPC etc. Teachers should take classes in more practical way following the case law.
Here the student teacher relation is very poor. It is really frustrating. There should be friendly relation between students and teachers. There should be exchange of feelings, sharing of thoughts among them. Taking tutorial class is a nice avenue to develop student teacher relations.
Another disgusting thing in the department is the dillydallying in publishing result. Taking so much time, at least 9 months, without any ground is very sorrowful. This deliberate delay not only wastes student's valuable times but also deprives them of various good opportunities to obtain jobs.
Finally I want to say that there should be reciprocal accountability of students and teachers. There should be measure to evaluate teacher's performance by students. And obviously the result should be published speedily.