The moot culture has greatly escalated and has seen various Uganda university teams partake in these prestigious competitions to achieve not only victory but also the amazing experience to do with it.
Moot court competitions are basically early preparations that shape law students for the court practice in the actual legal field.
As early as year one, students are encouraged to engage in them to have the “court feeling.” Various international moots have seen gallant law students from MUK,UCU, IUIU and others represent the country say, the CEHURD moot, IHL(international humanitarian law) moots, All Africa moots, not forgetting the JESSUP moot which isevery mooter‘s dream moot lifetime achievement.
For the past consecutive years, Uganda Christian University has surpassed them all and represented well enough to make it for the JESSUP moot that occurs in Washington DC. The most recent moot court competition was the 3rd biennial Strathmore CIPIT (centre for intellectual property on information technology law) Moot Court 2018 held on 11-12th October at the Strathmore University in Kenya with the theme “ICT Law.”
As required participants from differential institutions in East Africa took part.
The best team and winners respectively were all 2nd year law students from the renown Uganda Christian University namely Ruth Nanjobe, Phillip Kyoma and Joy Koelewijn who beat 15 teams from th region.
This win was as a result of the tremendous effort of the team together with their coach Kenneth Muhangi, a partner of KTA Advocates, Uganda. Congratulations team UCU for this phenomenal win!
By Denise Karungi
