The 9th Clinical Legal Education (CLE) Moot Court Competition was held on the 20th April 2023 at the High Court Buildings, Kampala-Uganda. The Court was presided over by Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Justice Florence Nakachwa Dollo and Justice Dr. Douglas Singiza. A total of 35 students divided into Plaintiffs, Respondents and Amicus teams participated in the competition themed: Fiscal Policy, Economic Justice and Human Rights.
Dr. Diana Ahumuza Ateenyi, Coordinator CLE explained that participants are 3rd year law students offering CLE, and some from the Business Law Centre. ‘We use the moot to enhance the capacity of judges on contemporary legal issues. The Judges over the years have expressed their appreciation of these engagements’, Dr. Ahumuza further said.
The respondents team (Angela Apica Area, Muhumuza Mellissa Ankunda and Ainerugaba Joseph Bill, Adee Prudence Lodou, Alado Lawrence, Okoth Kenneth, Namutamba Gift Teresah, Ayebare John Vianny, Nuwe Marvin Ahereza, Kato Joram, Tubirinde Julius, Namakoye Joyce) were declared winners at the end of the competition.
Mwesigwa Harry on the applicant team was declared the best oralist.
Justice Florence Nakachwa Dollo encouraged all students to enroll and pass the bar course at the Law Development Centre (LDC) whether they intend to join private practice or not. ‘You never know when you need that qualification.’ She added, ‘May be your interests could change, may be one day it could be a requirement for most of the jobs.’ She commended the students’ humility and discipline and underscored the importance of these in their training and in the legal profession.
In his remarks, Justice Kiryabwire who is also the Patron of the Makerere Law Society (MLS) advised law students to use their free time to visit courts, sit in and observe proceedings for better learning.
The Applicants Team(Sheldon Aine Bosco, Nayiga Tracy Hilda, Apuun Deborah Nangiro, Birungi Primah Elizabeth, Musinguzi Reagan Siima, Akankwatsa Viera, Kabigumira Arnold, Mulwanyi Nagenda Edwin Calvin, Omona Mark, Lorna Nagawa, Mwesigwa)
The East African Journal for Peace and Human Rights (EAJPHR) is an international, peer-reviewed, bi-annual scholarly publication of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at the School of Law, Makerere University. The Journal has since its inception in 1993 remained at the forefront of igniting intellectual and policy debates on contemporary governance and human rights issues in the East African region and beyond. It seeks to provide a platform to scholars, researchers and practitioners in the fields of governance and human rights to disseminate cutting-edge research and share knowledge and experiences.
This call invites students, scholars, researchers, and development practitioners to submit papers for our forthcoming Issue. The papers should highlight recent trends, practices and emerging issues impacting on governance, constitutionalism, human rights and fundamental freedoms, with a view to produce a critical assessment of the same within the region and beyond.
Interested authors should submit their papers electronically to: journal.huripec@mak.ac.ug.
Important Dates:
Submission deadline: 6th September 2024 Notification of the reviewers’ decision: 20th September 2024
Submission Guidelines:
The papers should be submitted as word document, along with abstracts not exceeding 150 words and information pertaining to the author(s) (i.e., name of author, qualifications, profession, workplace/institution of placement, and contact email).
Submissions should be original contributions in the form of articles, comments, case notes, book reviews – all related to important developments on a wide range of issues relating to law, human rights, peace and conflict, and governance.
Articles should be an average length of 10,000 words (i.e., 20 pages). Comments and case notes should normally be shorter, between 4,000 and 6,000 words (i.e., 8-12 pages). Book reviews should be even shorter, at no more than 3,000 words (i.e., 6 pages).
Any enquiries about this call should be sent to journal.huripec@mak.ac.ug.
The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released lists for Mature Age Entry applicants admitted under the Private Sponsorship Scheme for the Academic Year 2023/2024.
The lists can be accessed by following the links below:
I am delighted to present to you the Makerere University School of Law 2023 Annual report. The report highlights the major activities undertaken and the major outputs in light of our core mandate of teaching, research and community outreach. It also highlights the challenges the School is facing and future plans.
With respect to teaching and learning, we successfully implemented all the scheduled activities including teaching, examinations, orientation for new freshers, field attachment, graduate admission exams and graduation. At the 73rd graduation ceremony of Makerere University, the School presented a total of 249 graduands of which 23 were awarded Master of Laws degrees and 226 awarded Bachelor of Laws degrees. To make our graduate programmes more relevant and competitive, we revised the Master of Laws programme and the Doctor of Laws programme. Additional to these revised programmes, in the course of next year, we expect to launch two new specialized Master of Laws degree programmes which are currently before the National Council for Higher Education for accreditation.
Students’ participation in moot court competitions is one of the major methodologies we employ in teaching our learners. Besides the learning, participation in moot competitions gives our learners exposure and provides them great opportunities for net-working. I am happy to report that in 2023, our students excelled in all the national and international moot court competitions they participated in. They won the Phillip Jessup International Moot Court Competitions national rounds and were supposed to represent Uganda at the international rounds but failed to secure visas in time. Our students also won the inaugural Gender and the Law moot competition. We emerged first runners-up in the Great Lakes International Humanitarian Law moot court competitions.
In the area of research, our faculty undertook a number of research projects and published many scholarly journal articles, books and reports on different subjects. I congratulate them for these research out puts. Among our major research outputs for 2023 is the edited book volume on Militarization and Development in Uganda. This publication unravels how militarization is taking place in the different sectors, the implications, and the hard choices Uganda has to make with respect to governance, human rights and economic development.
With respect to community outreach, our faculty and students participated in a number of initiatives and activities that were undertaken by our different units in particular, the Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC), the Refugee Law Project (RLP) and the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC). Among these include: training of University staff and other stakeholders on refugee rights and duties; training of police officers on disability rights and the law; legal aid camp for students and staff of Makerere University; participation in the Uganda Law Society (ULS) probono day; and conducting the Administrative Law short course in various parts of the country. In addition to providing learning opportunities to students who participate in them, our community outreach activities are very important for making our School more relevant in terms of empowering the local communities and addressing some of their legal-related challenges and needs.
I thank the Government of Uganda, Makerere University Council, Makerere University Top Administration and all our partners and well-wishers for your support that enabled us to implement numerous activities and achieve the highlighted outputs. I also thank colleagues in the administration at our School, staff and students for participating in the different activities.
As We Build for the Future
Ronald Naluwairo, PhD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & PRINCIPAL