By Harriet Musinguzi
Pioneer students in the pilot Business Law Clinic that has been running at the School of Law, Makerere University have called for more opportunities for practical exposures in the teaching and learning of Law. They also called for an increase in the number of students in order to benefit a wider group given the proven opportunities experienced to-date.
During the learning and reflection meeting held at Piato Restaurant on Wednesday 28th October 2020, the students applauded the Principal Investigator Dr. Phiona Muhwezi Mpanga and the entire team on the program for their selfless energies in the running of the student-led program.
‘My best experience was interacting with clients, real people, with real issues, the information sessions that introduced me to concepts that I never knew, writing and coming up with documents that I never knew’, it was something new, the assignments were drawn from new areas and this made me eager to undertake them’. said Margaret while explaining how she had benefited from the program.
Abbas Luyombya, a student with sight disability while giving his experience of the program said he got exposed to real life issues that opened his perspectives, citing the struggles of refugees and prostitutes and their effort towards redefining themselves and starting life all over. He said through community outreaches, he got the opportunity to appreciate class differences, and how people are affected by the law due to ignorance as well as the gaps between law, policy and actual implementation. He said his best experience was in the area of business registration.
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