Online Legal Education in Seychelles

Abstract

This report examines how Seychelles has moved to online legal education and where, if any, improvements need to be made. The legal profession is integrated, making no distinction between attorneys and advocates. However, the number of lawyers is worrying low standing at 0.5 lawyers per 1000 people. Within legal education, gaps present themselves where there is no Seychellois LLB degree, a Bar Vocational Course which has a low online presence, and CLE non-existent. Notwithstanding this, the move to online legal education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been considerably good at the university. Measures such as internet allowance were put in place during lockdown as well as after the same. Teaching online is widely practiced within the university even where there are no lockdown measures in place. Nevertheless, the cost of internet remains a challenge which threatens the sustainability of online legal education.

Keywords: Seychelles, legal education, admission, UniSey, COVID-19