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Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting

Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting

Legal Writing and Drafting is a skills-based and cross-cutting subject matter. Legal writing is merely the language of the law, where the working language of the law, English, is used as a medium to communicate, transmit, record and inform readers and audiences of the law. Legal drafting on the other hand relates to the drafting of legal documents which create legal relationships such as contracts, wills, trusts and conveyances; and the drafting of pleadings such as plaints, defences and applications arising from different causes of action; as well as the drafting of both principal and subsidiary legislation.

The Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting is law course that targets advocates, lawyers and/or LL.B holders, law students, administrative secretaries, company secretaries, paralegals, administrative officers, and any other person interested in improving their writing and legal drafting skills.

Justification

Legal Writing and Drafting is not a substitute for the core procedural subjects but is rather designed to supplement them by creating an opportunity for a focused, standardised and harmonised approach to the teaching and learning of legal writing and drafting skills. It enables students to undertake intensive instruction on basic legal research, writing and drafting and to receive specific teaching on a wide range of aspects of legal writing and drafting as applicable to the practice of law.

Award

Students who successfully complete this course shall be awarded a Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting     by Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU).

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme, students should be able to;

  1. Conduct basic legal research;
  2. Draft basic legal documents and statutes;
  3. Recognise and deal with the ethical issues relating to the writing and drafting of various legal documents.
Program Objectives

The objectives of the Programme are to;

  1. Develop ability to apply the language of the law (English) to clients’ instructions in line with the applicable legal principles.
  2. Develop ability to create legal documents tailored to meet different audiences
  3. Develop ability to recognise ethical issues relating to the writing and drafting of different legal documents.
Admission Requirements

Applicants for the Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting should have a minimum qualification of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent.

Program Structure
Course CodeCourse NameLHPHTHCHCU
 All Course Units are Core
CLWD 1100BASIC LEGAL RESEARCH151515302
CLWD 1101LANGUAGE AND STYLE151515302
CLWD 1102LEGAL WRITING AND EDITING151515302
CLWD 1103LETTER AND MEMORANDA WRITING151515302
CLWD 1104DRAFTING LEGAL OPINIONS151515302
CLWD 1105DRAFTING BETTER PLEADINGS151515302
CLWD 1106DRAFTING TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS151515302
CLWD 1107LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING151515302
 Total Certificate Load16
Program Duration

The duration of the course is 3 months.

Mode of Study

For this Certificate in Legal Writing and Drafting, UTAMU offers flexible study options: day, evening or weekend physical classes, as well as online/distance learning.

Tuition

The application fee is UGX 50,000. The tuition and functional fees for the whole certificate course is UGX 500,000.

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