Vision
The vision of the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD) is to become a practical school for all legal professionals in a spirit of excellence, independence and services to the community, drawing from the diversity and richness of the civil and common law traditions.

In short, ILPD has the ambition to server as "IHURIRo", a meeting place for legal professionals from within Rwanda, the region, Africa as well as from the rest of the world.

Mission
To contribute to the development of justice in Rwanda and the region, through offering initial professional training to persons holding a bachelor's degree in law, in particular, by offering postgraduate programs for judges, prosecutors, lawyer, bailiffs, notaries, etc. to bring their quality up to international standards.

Objectives
The main objective of ILPD is to provide practical legal education to lawyers at the start of their career as judges, prosecutors or lawyers as well as to already serving legal professionals.
In line with this objective, the courses offerred are diverse and equip students with hands on practical knowledge and skills about the law, procedure, institutions as well as the likely documents that have to be drafted in order to initiate the necessary action.