The School of Law in accordance with the Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act 2001 is proud to present to you the Annual Report for 2020. Despite the Challenges realized in the period under review due to the breakout of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown, the School was able to devise ways and means of realizing the objectives using innovative means under the new normal. With the guidance of the University, the School immediately embraced technology to enable it deliver on its mandate.
In 2020, despite the restrictions in the first half, emphasis was put on the teaching, learning and research. Student centered approaches to learning were employed. In addition, the School continued with its service delivery to particularly address the needs of the communities that we serve. This was done among others through the outreaches undertaken as one element of knowledge transfer.
As a matter of fact, the practical element of the training was greatly affected. This included the internships that were affected since many organizations could not physically take on our students in observance of the SOPs. The School therefore devised means of ensuring that the students undertook some practical work that was assessed mostly online.
Albeit the challenges that are recurrent in nature year after year like inadequate infrastructure and the ever-increasing financial strain, a lot has been realized in the teaching and learning core function. Effort has been intensified in sourcing for alternative funding through mobilization of the alumni and other networks. Strategies have been laid aimed at supporting the research output as well as the infrastructure and a lot has been realized here. Indeed, one of the biggest achievements was the success in convincing the Centre to budget for a new School of Building. The procurement process in underway for this purpose.
I take this opportunity to appreciate the efforts of the staff of the School, students, alumni, partners and the University Management for their demonstrated resilience and support that enabled us compete rather difficult year.
Prof. Christopher Mbazira
Ag. Principal, School of Law
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