I agree with you my learned brother, the very work we do as we are training is what they are paid for.
Waking up to drafting documents, making research to make submissions and handling files older than our parents and a bare minimum can't be met
Reforms need to be made💪💪
We need to have a serious conversation about the treatment of law students on clerkship.
It is disgraceful that trainees can be expected to work, learn, produce and endure long hours yet asking for basic welfare support is somehow treated as being “unfavourable” or an “unbudgeted expense.”
The times have changed. Clerkship is training not exploitation.
Some students struggle financially just to get to these firms. They deserve a conducive environment in which to learn and become competent advocates not environments where their basic welfare is dismissed while their labour and productivity are readily demanded.
And spare us the polished English, motivational X, LinkedIn posts and grand speeches about “mentorship” and “developing the next generation” if the same generation is being treated without basic humanity.
Perhaps it is time Uganda seriously considered a legal framework specifically protecting the welfare, rights and minimum standards applicable to trainees and interns.
Enough of these manipulative practices. Enough romanticising exploitation as “character building.” Enough expecting students to give everything while firms refuse the bare minimum.
Say No to Exploitation. Say No to the culture of glorifying overwork. And damn any system that demands professional excellence from young people while denying them basic dignity.
The next generation of lawyers deserves better. And we should be brave enough to say so.
The journey towards becoming an Advocate of the High Court and all subordinate courts is made even more meaningful when shared with those who uplift, encourage, and stand by you.
It is an undeniable blessing worth cherishing.
IA today:
Read the police statements and identify at least 2-3 offenses. In evaluating evidence ensure you refer to which ingredient is supported from police statements.
Have samples of charge sheets for single accused, 2 or more accused, joinder of counts.
Good luck
suspect introduces an immediate logical concern. According to statements, the suspect confessed to participating in the crime. Participation, by its very meaning, involvement of more than one individual. Crimes of such magnitude especially one involving
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Total nonsense its wiser to first apply with the 50k for pre entry and where the unlucky who don't make it atleast don't cry of their 200k wats the essence of the 200k yet the person is not going to be admitted 🤷🤷
@BigEyeUG I think this brings another cause of action and the fact that these are not related these lawyers should stop confusing themselves in court n try ADR