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Making the transition from University abroad and taking your next steps towards professional development. I’ll be honest and say I wasn’t 100% sure of my next steps right after completing my undergraduate LLB degree in 2015. However, I did know for certain that I wanted to start my career in Uganda. It had always been …
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The first year of law school can be a daunting experience and a big adjustment for new students. Law school is very challenging because the course material is hard and the workload is endless. Some adjust easily and thrive, but many struggle. Beginnings are important. They set the tone for academic excellence. They can be …
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My time at university was well spent. I knew that I wanted to leave university in a good position for me to enter the competitive job market. For any job, you need experience and this is something I was determined to have upon completion of my degree. Every university offers you the chance to join …
After all the glamour and excitement from graduation has died down and the dust begins to settle, reality kicks in and suddenly you realise that you have graduated from being a law student to an unemployed citizen. I call this period the “post-graduate anxiety syndrome.” Upon reflection I realised that all our lives up until the …
Bruce Coville once said “withholding information is the essence of tyranny.” This is no different from the pursuit to join Kenya’s legal fraternity, where disinformation or lack of information has led to more than its fair share of disillusioned lawyers. More often than not young men and women set out to become “Lawyers” without taking …
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