Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
Dr. BIGIRIMANA Fructuose
Dean of Law
Phone: +250 788 585 092
Email: bigirimana1@yahoo.fr
Entry profile
To be admitted in the Faculty of Law, the applicant should have a secondary school diploma in social sciences and arts.
Exit profile
A student who successfully accomplish is studies at the Faculty of Law of INES-Ruhengeri, shall be able to exercise as:
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Lawyers/Attorneys
- Judges/ Arbitrators
- Public Prosecutors
- Legal drafters
- Notaries
- Court clerks/Court Bailiffs
- Consultants
- Private Legal Advisors
- Legal representatives
- Lecturers
- Legal researchers
- Public market officers
- Human rights observers
- Property managers
- Contract drafters
- Insurance agents
- International trading officers
- Prison manager or counselors
- Tax controllers
Programs overviews
Level I
Module title | Unit title | Hours/unit | Face to face hrs | Student hours | Total hours | Nr of credits |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO LAW | General introduction to law | 140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW | History of law
sociology of Law |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | Intro to Philo. and Ethics
Formal Logic |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
LANGUAGES | Skills of Oral and Writing Expression/ French and English | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
RESEARCH SKILLS | Introduction to scientific research
Computer and ICT research |
140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING | Introduction to economics
Principles of Public and Private Accounting |
140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
PRIVATE LAW I | Family Law | 140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
PUBLIC LAW I | Constitutional law | 140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW | General Principles of Criminal Law | 140 | 91 | 49 | 140 | 14 |
Level II
Module title | Unit title | Hours/unit | Face to face hrs | Student hours | Total hours | Nr of credits |
PRIVATE LAW II | Law of Contracts
Law of Tort Liability |
200 | 130 | 70 | 200 | 20 |
PROPERTY AND LAND LAW | Property and Land law | 150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
LEGAL TERMINOLOGIES | Kinyarwanda Legal Terminologies
Comparative Law English II |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
PSYCHOLOGY OF LAW, CRIMINOLOGY | Psychology of Law
Criminology |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONING AND JURISDICTION | Judicial organization | 150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
SPECIFIC CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | Specific Crimes
Criminal Procedure |
200 | 130 | 70 | 120 | 20 |
CIVIL, COMMERCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL PROCEDURE | Civil, commercial, administrative and social procedure | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTENTION | Administrative Law and Administrative contention | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
Level III
Module title | Unit title | Hours/unit | Face to face hrs | Student hours | Total hours | Nr of credits |
SOCIAL AND INSURANCE LAW | Labour and Social Security Law
Insurance law |
150 | 97.7 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
FISCAL LAW AND PUBLIC FINANCE | Fiscal law
Public finance |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
LEGAL RESEARCH | Methodology of scientific research in law
Seminar of private/public law |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
LEGAL PRACTICE I | Pleading Techniques (Moot Court)
English III |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
PRIVATE LAW III | Commercial law (compulsory)
Company law (optional) Law of competition (optional) Law of consumption (optional) |
200 | 130 | 70 | 200 | 20 |
PUBLIC LAW | Public international law and International Organisations(compulsory)
International humanitarian law (optional) African Union Law (optional) Comparative criminal law (optional) |
200 | 130 | 70 | 120 | 20 |
PRIVATE LAW IV | Law on matrimonial regime, liberalities and succession
Specific contracts |
200 | 130 | 70 | 200 | 20 |
Level IV
Module title | Unit title | Hours/unit | Face to face hrs | Student hours | Total hours | Nr of credits |
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LAW | Economic and Financial law | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
FISCAL PUBLIC LAW III | International law of development (compulsory)
Human Rights Law (optional) International Criminal Law(optional) Regional Systems of Human Rights Protection(optional) |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
PRIVATE LAW V | Law of securities (compulsory)
Transport law (optional) Law of enterprise (optional) Intellectual property rights (optional) Arbitration (optional) |
150 | 97.5 | 52.5 | 150 | 15 |
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW | Private International Law | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | Philosophy of law | 100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
LEGAL PRACTICE II | Legal clinic
Techniques of legal drafting Legal professional ethics |
200 | 130 | 70 | 120 | 20 |
ENGLISH ET JUDGEMENT DRAFTING | English IV
Judgment drafting |
100 | 65 | 35 | 100 | 10 |
INTERNSHIP AND ENTREPRENARIASHIP | Internship
Entreprenariaship |
150 | 39 | 111 | 150 | 15 |
MEMOIR | Memoir | 150 | 150 | 150 | 15 |