Ugandan judges warn over quack lawyers

Students who have failed their exams are practising as qualified lawyers, according to judges.

Students who have failed their exams are practising as qualified lawyers Aleksandar Mijatovic

One lawyer told New Vision that three of these had filed matters before him in the last month. He said: 'If three quack lawyers can file matters in one court in just a month, it means there is a big problem and many of them must be conducting court business unnoticed.' Justice Masalu Musene told the judges annual conference in Entebbe: 'Students who have failed exams at University and LDC [Law Development Center] are practicing freely as lawyers. Please chief registrars give us a list of qualified lawyers.'  Some of the judges see the high failure rates at the LDC as a part of he cause. Source: New Vision

 

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