Senior Legal Officer (Bar Course Legal Aid Clinic) (Lira Campus) at Law Development Centre

The Law Development Centre (LDC) invites applications from qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant posts in the staff establishment at the Kampala, Mbarara and Lira campuses .

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To coordinate all Bar Course programmes and Legal Aid services at the study Centre.
Responsibilities And Duties
• To coordinate the implementation of teaching timetable and allocating subjects to lecturers at the study centre.
• To participate in the development, review and update of the curricula.
• To plan and coordinate teaching during the week to the assigned lecturers and ensuring that the subjects of the week are taught.
• To prepare and submit weekly performance reports for Lecturers to Head Bar Course.
• To supervise and assess the performance of staff under his/her supervision.
• To interview and counsel clients.
• To prepare legal documents.
• To attend to walk-in clients.
• To represent clients in court.
• To develop training tools for stakeholders.
• To train and sensitize stakeholders of Legal Aid.
• To facilitate Continuing Legal Education and Street law programmes.
• To provide legal advice to the study centre management and handle court cases involving the study centre.
• To supervise and report on the performance of LAC field staff and volunteers within the region.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the Assistant Director and Head, Department of Postgraduate Legal Studies and Legal Aid.

Key Competencies
• Possess supervisory and relationship management skills.
• Knowledge of coordinating academic programmes and legal aid services.
• He/she should be a person of high integrity.
• Ability to produce quality results.
• Effective communication skills.
• He/she should be a team player
• Good reporting skills

Qualifications And Experience
• Honors degree in Law.
• Postgraduate diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Centre.
• Masters’ degree in Law will be an added advantage.
• Must be an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda.
• At least 4 years’ work experience at least 2 of which should have been in teaching and/or legal aid practice.

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