Experience

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  KAMPALA ASSOCIATED ADVOCATES OFFICIAL

  • Uganda
  • Legal Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Partner

    • Apr 2017 - Present

    Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Telecommunications, Media and Technology Law practice.

  • Associate Partner

    • Mar 2016 - Mar 2017

    Legal Business, litigation and Telecommunications Law practice.

  • Senior Associate

    • Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

    Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Employment Law, Intellectual Property law, Telecommunications, Media and Technology Law practice.

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  Law Development Centre

  • Kampala

  • Professional Advisor

    • Aug 2013 - Jun 2015
    • Kampala

    Involved in teaching, student mentor-ship, research, trial advocacy training and assessment of the Bar Course students at the Post Graduate legal training for advocates in Uganda.

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  Tumusiime, Kabega & Co

  • Legal Associate

    • Sep 2011 - Mar 2015

    AdvocatesI am currently engaged as a legal associate with the above firm. My major areas of interest are in Information Technology and Communications law, electronic commerce and contracting, real estate and conveyance and other core aspects of corporate and commercial law.

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  Tumusiime, Kabega & Co. Advocates

  • Senior Legal Assistant

    • Aug 2008 - Aug 2009

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  Tumusiime, Kabega & Co

  • Legal Associate

    • Aug 2008 - Aug 2009

    As a legal associate, my main tasks involved drafting of legal briefs, preparation of witnesses for trial, drawing of legal pleadings and ensuring that they are properly filed before the relevant courts of law. I was also involved in litigation and conducting some of the court matters. I was equally involved with the law firms land and commercial transactions such as intellectual property rights protection.

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  Tumusiime

  • Clerkship student

    • Apr 2008 - Jun 2008

    Clerkship term is one of the requirements for the award of the Diploma in legal Practice from The Law Development Center.My main tasks included; coordinating the undertakings of the firm, including assistance in developing strategic litigation initiatives; assisting in research on cases; and providing timely and current legal information to senior counsel especially on matters pending in courts of law. Preparation of legal memoranda for senior counsel upon detailed perusal of all case filesI managed to get a feel of what legal practice is like. I visited various courts both within and outside Kampala. I appreciated the set up, organization and workings of a law firm.

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  Mr. Tumwiine Jackson

  • Research Assistant

    • Jul 2007 - Sep 2007

    of Forestry and Nature Conservation and Faculty of Social Sciences Makerere University After my bachelor's degree, I became involved in various research activities, in the capacity of research assistant to the main researcher. We were engaged in numerous research activities for various organizations. Notably for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Kampala.My main brief was to research and advice on the legal aspects pertaining to the topics that were being researched upon. My research skills were greatly enhanced and owing to the extensive research I became very knowledgeable on a diverse array of issues

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  Directorate of Public Prosecutions- Uganda

  • Research Assistant

    • Nov 2006 - Dec 2006

    I was engaged on a voluntary basis, as a research assistant at the Soroti Branch.While there, I was assigned various duties and roles, which I performed with outmost diligence and dedication. Among the roles, I was given files from time to time in respect of which I wrote legal opinions on the way forward.I also did research on various legal issues, such as the importance of negotiations in dispute resolution; the role of parents in crime reporting and prevention and the impact of witchcraft practices on crime levels in local communities.