PROFILE OF THE CENTRE

       The Motto: 

       Know the Law

       Mandate

     To provide legal education to lawyers and non lawyers, undertake research in topical legal issues, contribute to legal reforms, produce legal publications, teaching materials and law reports, and also provide community legal services.

       The Mission

      To promote the rule of law and access to justice through professional legal training, research, and advocacy to legal practitioners, policy makers and the public.

       The Vision

       To be the leading Centre for professional legal training and facilitate access to justice.

       Core Values

• Professional integrity.
• Quality service delivery.
• Good governance.
• Continuous improvement.
• Innovation.

      Strategic Objectives

• To provide accessible legal training that is relevant and responsive to the needs of the labour market.
• To develop and implement strategies to fund 100% of LDC’s annual budget.
• To develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure good governance and quality service delivery.
• To improve quality and efficiency through integration of ICT services and systems in all processes.
• To provide legal aid to the indigent and vulnerable persons in society.
• To establish LDC as the leading resource for legal publications in Uganda.

        Functions of the Centre

The functions of the Centre as stipulated under the LDC Act are as follows:

• Organizing and conducting courses of instruction for the acquisition of legal knowledge, professional skill and experience by persons intending to practice as attorneys in subjects which shall have been determined by the Law Council under the provisions of any law in force.
• Organizing and conducting courses in legislative drafting.
• Organizing and conducting courses for magistrates and for persons provisionally selected for appointment as such.
• Organizing and conducting training courses for officers of the Government and members of the Armed Forces of Uganda with a view to promoting a better understanding of the law.
• Organizing and conducting courses for officers and personnel of courts with a view to improving their efficiency.
• Assisting any commissioner who may be appointed in the preparation and publication of a revised edition of the Laws of Uganda.
• Assisting in the preparation of reprints of Acts of Parliament in accordance with any law for the time being in force.
• Assisting the Law Reform Commission in the performance of its functions.
• Undertaking research into any branch of the law.
• Holding seminars and conferences on legal matters.
• Collecting, compiling, analyzing and abstracting statistical information on legal and related matters. 
• Assisting in the provision of legal aid and advice to indigent litigants and accused persons in accordance with any law for the time being in force.
• Compiling, editing and publishing law reports for Uganda.
• Publishing periodicals, bulletins, digests or other written material concerned with legal and related matters.
• Disseminating and promoting generally a better knowledge of the law.
• Any other functions as the Attorney General may, from time to time, specify by statutory instrument.

Services Offered:

• Imparting legal and practical skills to Bar Course students.
• Providing legal knowledge to those whose work requires a knowledge of law and to others who have obtained at least an Advanced Certificate of Education and wish to further improve their academic capabilities.
• Conducting clinical legal education to Bar Course students.
• Organising and conducting short courses, seminars, conferences and any other tailored courses for government, public and private sectors with a view to promoting a better understanding of the law.
• Undertaking research into any branch of the law.
• Assisting the Law Reform Commission in the performance of its functions.
• Assisting in the preparation of reprints of Acts of Parliament in accordance with any law for the time being in force.

       Courses Offered

• Postgraduate Bar Course.
• Diploma in Law Course (Day and Evening).
• Diploma in Human Rights Course.
• Administrative Officers’ Law Course.
• Court Bailiffs, Brokers and Auctioneers’/Court Clerks and Law Clerks Law Course.
• Any tailored Short Law Course.