LEGAL PRACTIONERS’ ACT, CAP 30 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA

Section 2 subsection 11 of the Legal Practitioners’ Amendment Act of 2009 provides that:
Subject to subsection (1) of section thirteen, a person may be admitted as a practitioner if that person-
(a) is a holder of a degree in law obtained from a public university established under the University Act, 1999, and whose programme has been accredited by the Council of the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education; or
(b) is a holder of a degree in law obtained from a private university registered in accordance with the provisions of the University Act, 1999, and whose programme has been accredited by the Council of the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education; or
(c) is a holder of a degree in law obtained from a university outside Zambia in a country operating the Common Law system approved by the Council of the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education and whose degree is recognised by a University accredited under the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education Act as academically equivalent to a degree of that accredited university;

ZAMBIA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL EDUCATION ACT, CAP 49 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA

Under Section 3 of the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education Amendment Act of 2009, an Accreditation Committee has been constituted, which is mandated to;
(a) accredit law schools at private and public universities and set the criteria for accreditation;
(b) approve qualifications of foreign students who wish to be enrolled at the Institute.