Challenges faced by the Legal Profession in the 21st Century Kampala Uganda.
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Date
2016-06
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Kampala International University, School of law.
Abstract
The study shows that challenges faced by the legal profession in the 21 '' century in Kampala
Uganda can be attributed to the inadequacy and inefficiency of existing advanced legal norms
and enforcement practice. The author paints a brief picture of the state to which legal profession
in 21'1 century has an impact on professions. A legal system will be of little benefit or value to
people unless they are able to make use of it. Low literacy levels in Uganda and a larger
proportion of people living in poverty render the law with the social benefits it brings largely
unheard of and under utilized. The legal system, particularly courts can be accessed with the
assistance of lawyers or legal practitioners. However, the glaring challenges of few legal
practitioners compared to the population and expensive legal services or reluctance of providing
legal services to the rural poor makes this impossible. Similarly, the right to legal representation
is narrow in scope and is accessed by an accused shortly before trial begins while legal aid is
currently not firmly rooted in the framework of justice. The profession is under pressure to
accommodate a new economic model one that is premised on lower billable hours for associates
and a greater amount of time spent on non-office activities. These changes are being advocated
by younger men and women alike who have differing views towards work from those held by the
boomers. The rate of change in the practice of law has been unequalled when considering the
impact of technology. Although the thought processes of the practice of law have not changed
since the days of Socrates, the ways of practising law are as different now as night and day.
Since we live in the beginning of the Information Age, it is a given that changes yet to come will
make the recent past look like the Stone Age to us. This is necessary to gauge the success of
existing strategies and map out the way forward towards legal profession practitioner in the 21"
century.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Law in Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of
Bachelors Degree in Laws of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Legal Profession, Challenges, 21st Century, Kampala-Uganda.