Certificate in Preparing for the Bar Course
Course Description
This short course is a refresher and remedial course on the fundamental principles of law across the core subjects taught on the LLB. Whereas the LLB focuses on the theory of the law, students are thereafter thrown into the unfamiliar territory of learning the nuts and bolts of legal practice, which they must undertake before becoming eligible to enrol into the Ugandan Bar. In order to prepare students for that sophisticated and fast-paced academic challenge, this short course begins by refreshing the students’ memory of the core concepts of law before turning to the practical and procedural aspects of law, focusing on the subjects and challenging concepts that law students will meet at their next academic level.
Commercial Law & Procedure
Law of Business Associations: Sole Proprietorship; Partnerships; Companies; and Insolvency
Employment Law
Banking & Negotiable Instruments
Law of Sale of Goods
Intellectual Property Law
Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets
Land Law & Procedure
Land Tenure Systems
Registration of Land
Transfer of Land: Voluntary Transfer & Vesting Orders; Doctrine of Notice; Fraud in Land Transactions; Remedies against Individuals, the Registrar of Titles & the Government for Fraudulent and/or Wrongful Transfer/Transaction of Land
Interests in Land: Caveats; Easements; Covenants & Public Rights
Bonafide & Lawful Occupants
Leases
Mortgages
Expropriation of Land
Departed Asians’ Properties
Family Law & Procedure
Marriages: Process; Validity; and Dissolution
Children: Guardianship; Adoption; Parenthood; and Maintenance
Succession: Testacy; Intestacy; Administration; and Probate
Special Issues in the Family Context: Missing Persons & Mentally Ill Persons
Civil Procedure
Legal Foundations & Methods
Ugandan civil legal system
Civil jurisdiction of courts
Burden of proof in civil proceedings
Standard of proof in civil proceedings
Contracts & Procedure
Key aspects in contract law: contract formation; performance; breach; frustration & force majeure; and termination
Plaints in civil proceedings
Parties in civil proceedings
Causes of action in civil proceedings
Summons in civil proceedings
Service in civil proceedings
Written Statements of Defense in civil proceedings
Summary plaint in civil proceedings
Originating summons in civil proceedings
Small claims procedure
Types of judgments in civil proceedings
Administrative Law & Procedure
Judicial review & procedure
Civil proceedings by & against the government, parastatals & statutory bodies
Torts & Procedure
Key aspects in the law of torts: negligence; nuisance; the rule in Rylands v Fletcher; defamation; occupiers’ liability; vicarious liability; and assault & battery.
Interlocutory applications in civil proceedings
Consolidation of suits in civil proceedings
Death as a cause of action in civil proceedings
Constitutional Law
Key aspects in constitutional law: principles of constitutional law; structure of constitutions; structure of government; constitutional offices; and human rights protection
Constitutional petitions
Constitutional references;
Human rights enforcement;
Appeals in civil proceedings
Execution in civil proceedings
Criminal Law & Procedure
Legal Foundations & Methods
Ugandan criminal legal system
Criminal jurisdiction of courts
Burden of proof in criminal proceedings
Standard of proof in civil proceedings
Key Aspects in Criminal Law: The Offences of Murder, Manslaughter & Theft
Parties in criminal proceedings
Investigations in criminal proceedings
Searches, arrest & detention in criminal proceedings
Police statements in criminal proceedings
Key Aspects in Criminal Law: The Offences of Rape & Defilement
Charge sheets
Summons
Confessions in criminal proceedings
Admissions in criminal proceedings
Arraignment in criminal proceedings
Committal in criminal proceedings
Key Aspects in Criminal Law: The Offences of Aggravated Defilement; Robbery & Aggravated Robbery
Viva voche in criminal proceedings
Case to answer in criminal proceedings
Defenses in criminal proceedings: Involuntary Intoxication; Provocation; Diminished Responsibility; Self-Defense; and Duress
Key Aspects in Criminal Law: Statutory Offences
Special charge sheets
Plea bargaining in criminal proceedings
Sentencing in criminal proceedings
Appeals in criminal proceedings
Tax Law
Accounting for Lawyers
Lawyers & Management
Drafting Legal Documents
Lawyers’ Ethics
Drafting Statutes & Regulations
Judicial Ethics & Proceedings
Civil Service
Corporate Law & Practice
Public Aid & Pro Bono
Writing a Research Paper
Mooting
Law of Evidence in Civil Proceedings
Law of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Training for Commercial Proceedings Mooting
Training for Civil Proceedings Mooting
Training for Criminal Proceedings Mooting
Training for Land Proceedings Mooting
Training for Family Proceedings Mooting