The Pakistan Bar Council has established an autonomous Directorate of Legal Education (DLE) in order to implement the Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court, passed in Constitution Petition No. 134/2012 (SCMR 2019 389I) for improvement of standard and quality of Legal Education in Pakistan. The Directorate in pursuance of rule 6 of the Directorate of Legal Education Rules, 2023 shall perform the following functions namely:^___

1. Work towards the improvement of the standard and quality of legal education;

2. Ensure universities, degree awarding institutes and colleges imparting legal education are adhering to the requirements and standards as prescribed under the Legal Education Rules, 2015;

3. Continued Legal Education;

4. Monitoring and regulating different aspects of legal education and professional standards for entry into the legal profession;

5. Teacher’s training;

6. Work towards the promotion of legal research;

7. Inspection of universities, colleges and institutes imparting legal education;

8. Initiating advanced specialized professional legal courses;

9. Liaison with relevant stake holders including but not limited to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan with regards to matters of legal education;

10. Organizing moot Court competitions at National and international levels;

11. Assist the legal education committee of the Pakistan Bar Council in its functioning as and when required.