9th CLE Moot held at High Court of Uganda

The Court was presided over by Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Justice Florence Nakachwa Dollo and Justice Dr. Douglas Singiza. A total of 35 students divided into Plaintiffs, Respondents and Amicus teams participated.

Experiential Learning of the Law

STUDENT VOICES AND EXPERIENCES – CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE)

Joining the CLE class is a dream for Bachelor of Law (LLB) students at the Makerere University School of Law

Theme of the day was ‘Promoting Disability Rights, Awareness, Inclusion, and Access to Justice’.

PILAC At 10: Legal Aid Awareness Day commemorated

Externships at Mak SoL

STUDENT VOICES AND EXPERIENCES – CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE) EXTERNSHIPS

Our students are sent out on externships in legal settings including courts of law, police, prisons, remand homes among others where they get to see what happens in the real world of legal professional work.

Experiential Learning of the Law

PILAC@10 Celebrations

Transforming legal education and legal practice through experiential learning and strategic litigation.

Our interventions

Community Outreach

PILAC has reached close to 600 students, over 1000 indigent clients and over 200 legal practitioners.

PILAC Project

SoL PILAC Students conduct Community Engagements

Mak School of Law (SoL) through PILAC is providing services responsive to societal needs through Externships.

Who Are We?

The Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) was established at the School of law, Makerere University in January 2012, becoming the first Clinic established at a University in Uganda.

PILAC will this December 2022 celebrate its 10^th anniversary. Through the years, PILAC has been instrumental in transforming the teaching of legal education and legal practice through its experiential learning and strategic litigation strategies embedded in the various units namely: Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programme, Legal Aid Unit (LAU), Network of Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL) and the East African Network of University Law Clinics (EANULAC).

PILAC’s interventions have reached nearly 600 students, over 1000 indigent clients and over 200 legal practitioners. These interventions have included: reviving teaching of clinical legal education (CLE); Community outreach and mobile legal aid programme (CLAPMOC); provision of legal aid services; research and advocacy in access to justice and social economic rights issues; training of students and legal practitioners on public interest litigation; instituting public interest litigation cases; holding public lectures and conferences among others.

OUR PROGRAMMES

Legal Awareness & Literacy Session
Mediation
Court Representation
Research
Legal Counselling

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PILAC@10 Celebrations

Consolidating our gains through Transforming legal Education, Promoting Public Interest Litigation, Enhancing Access to Justice and Leveraging on Strategic Partnerships.

Following its establishment in January 2012, the Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) will this December 2022 celebrate its 10th anniversary. Through the years, PILAC has been instrumental in transforming the teaching of legal education and legal practice through its experiential learning and strategic litigation strategies embedded in the various units namely: Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programme, Legal Aid Unit (LAU), Network of Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL) and the East African Network of University Law Clinics (EANULAC). PILAC’s interventions have reached nearly 600 students, over 1000 indigent clients and over 200 legal practitioners.