Harriet Musinguzi

Staff of the School of Law Makerere and other University have been re oriented into the Clinical teaching methodologies and called upon to adopt their use in the teaching and learning experiences at their respective Universities

What does twenty years of promoting and protecting the human rights of refugees and their hosts look like?

The School of Law officially launched the Disability Law and Rights Centre Wednesday 29^th January 2020 at a ceremony attended by the Academia, Law students, and a number of stakeholders in the Disability movement in the country

The Launch comes after a process started in 2015 where the School of Law, with support from the Open Society Fund, progressively embarked on a process of putting disability rights issues at the center of its core activities and what started off as a project evolved to become a center in 2019.

Thirty students that successfully went through a rigorous recruitment exercise have been inducted into the Clinical Legal Education program at a meeting held at the School of Law Board room this afternoon, Monday 20th January 2020.

In his remarks, the Ag. Principal School of Law and Coordinator Public Interest Law Clinic Dr. Christopher Mbazira said the law is as dishonest as the law professors and students.  ‘Before one joins legal education, there is a feeling that the law is just which turns out to be a fantasy’ he said.

Two Hundred Thirty Six Law students of Makerere University were today Friday 17^th January 2020 among the University students that were conferred degrees during the 4^th and last session of the 70^th graduation ceremony held at Freedom square.

The Graduands included Dr. Benson Tusasirwe, a Lecturer at the School of Law who graduated with a   Doctor of Laws of Makerere University.  Nineteen were awarded Master of Laws degrees while Two Hundred and ten were conferred with Bachelor of Laws degrees.

The Commercial Law department of the School of Law is set to implement a one year research project with funding from the Makerere University Research and Innovations grant supported by the Government of Uganda.

Professor David Justin Bakibinga is the Principal investigator and will work with a team of staff from the Commercial Law department that is headed by Dr. Phiona Mpanga.