The Kenya School of Law is the only Bar school in the country. After completion of an undergraduate degree course in law from a recognised university, students attend the School to be prepared for admission to the Bar.

It was initially a law vocational training school in 1963. However, the establishment of faculties of law in East African universities led to a need to change the training offered. In 1963, 11 students were admitted at a four-acre plot on Valley Road next to the University of Nairobi’s Dental School.  The premises was formerly a maternity wing of Nairobi Hospital.