KUCCPS opens applications for diploma in law at Kenya School of Law for May 2026 intake
Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has opened applications for students seeking to undertake diploma courses at the Kenya School of Law.
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has opened applications for students seeking to undertake diploma courses at the Kenya School of Law.
In a notice on Monday, February 23, the placement body said the applications were opened for the May 2026 intake, urging those who wanted to enter the legal profession through paralegal training to apply through its portal.
According to the announcement, the minimum entry requirements for the diploma programme are a mean grade of C plain in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
Applicants must also have at least a C+ (plus) in either English or Kiswahili, with the application running from Monday, February 23 and closing on March 9.
The programme will be offered at the institution’s Karen Campus as well as the Town Campus in Nairobi’s central business district.
Students will have the option of attending day classes in person or enrolling in evening virtual courses.
Interested applicants have been advised to submit their applications through the KUCCPS online portal before the timeline runs out.
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The Diploma in Law, also known as Paralegal Studies, is designed to equip learners with foundational legal knowledge and practical abilities required to support advocates, judicial officers and other legal practitioners in various legal and administrative roles.
The move by the Kenya School of Law to take its application to KUCCPS comes at a time when hundreds of thousands of students who did their KCSE examinations in 2025 wait for the placement body to open applications for university placement services.
The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) was the first college to open its applications through the placement service in 2026, with university applications scheduled to be opened by March 2026.
According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 993,000 candidates sat the national examination in 2025, with 270,715 candidates attaining a mean grade of C+ and above, making them eligible for direct entry into university.
507,131 candidates attained grade C and above, while those who scored D+ and above totalled 634,082.
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