Faculty of Law

Strategically located in northern Uganda, the faculty takes advantage of the opportunity to contribute towards the reconstruction of the region. It is aimed at transforming the lives of young people who obtain higher education qualifications to access job opportunities as well as serve their communities. Together with the Refugee Law Project of Makerere University, our students have engaged in community outreach projects, including working in refugee settlements in Adjuman, Lamwo Kiryandongo, Bidis-Yumbe-Arua, and Nakivale to provide legal services.

The faculty tailors its curricula in a way that fosters student and staff participation in community outreach programmes to disseminate legal knowledge that enhances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and promotes understanding, tolerance, and reconciliation among the people. The faculty conducts research on a range of issues that affect local communities and disseminates the information through research, publications, and conferences, which contribute to the promotion of social justice and thereby achieve durable and sustainable peace in the region.

Mission Statement
To become an intellectual center for conducive learning that promotes highly distinctive and broad-based technical legal expertise for innovative professional problem-solving in today’s society.

Vision
To stimulate legal scholarship and research by producing a community of legal experts and human rights professionals of high integrity who will be committed to serving the community, country, and region.

Core Values
Professionalism | Integrity | Transparency | Accountability | Trustworthiness | Teamwork | Efficiency | Diversity | Innovativeness | Truthfulness.

Objectives
The following are the objectives of the Faculty of Law:
(i). To provide a place for optimum law teaching of legal education or training and research of good quality expected of a university institution.
(ii). To contribute to sound intellectual life through professional legal research and outreach activities to address community justice interests and socio-economic needs.
(iii). To produce outstanding, well-rounded, and Knowledgeable human capital, with sufficient administrative acumen, knowledge, and problem-solving skills in law.