Education System Faces More Restructure as LDC Introduces New Curriculum

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Uganda’s Law Development Centre (LDC) is set to introduce a revamped Bar course curriculum for the upcoming academic year, 2023/2024. The Head of the Bar Course, Ms. Annette Mutabingwa, has shed light on this new curriculum, emphasizing a shift towards practical skills over theoretical knowledge, with a strong focus on ethics and professional conduct.

This curriculum overhaul entails the removal of several elective subjects that were part of the previous course. Subjects such as taxation, accounting, management, and research proposal are being replaced with courses designed to enhance practical legal skills. These include trial advocacy, legal ethics and professionalism, group projects, and alternative dispute resolution.

According to Mr. Frank Nigel Othembi, the Director of LDC, the previous curriculum had been in use since 2015, and the institution’s practice has been to update it every three to five years. The goal of this new curriculum is to reduce the academic workload on students and provide them with practical legal skills that are directly relevant to the legal profession.

As the LDC welcomes a new cohort of students who have qualified from 12 accredited law schools across the country, they are being oriented into this updated Bar Course. The orientation program also underscores the challenging nature of the Bar Course and emphasizes the importance of unwavering commitment and dedication.

In line with the revised curriculum, students are being guided to adhere to a specific dress code. They are required to wear black suits, symbolizing the discipline and values upheld by the institution.

The Law Development Centre, with branches in Kampala, Mbarara, and Lira, is a pivotal institution in Uganda. It is the exclusive provider of the postgraduate diploma in legal practice, a prerequisite for lawyers to represent litigants in court. Established in 1970 under the Law Development Centre Act, it is a government-owned institution dedicated to research, law reform, publications, law reporting, and community legal services. The revamped curriculum aims to equip future lawyers with the practical skills necessary for their legal practice.

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