Damalie Nagitta-Musoke

Esther Damalie Nagitta-Musoke (Esther Damalie Naggita-Musoke) is a Ugandan academic, and is the current dean of the Law Faculty at Makerere University, Uganda.[1] She is also an Advocate of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda and partner in the Law Chambers of Mubiru-Musoke, Musisi & Co. Advocates.[2]

Education

Nagitta-Musoke received her bachelor's in law from Makerere University with honours, her master's in law from the University of Nottingham. She received her Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin Law School where she did her dissertation on the legal rights of persons with disabilities in rural Uganda.[3] She also has a Certificate in the Human Rights of Women from the European University Center for Peace Studies in Stadtschlaining, Austria, and a Diploma in Legal Practice (D.L.P.) from the Law Development Centre in Kampala.[4]

Academic career

In 1993 Nagitta-Musoke joined the School of Law of Makerere University in the Department of Law and Jurisprudence. She teaches and has research interests which include International Humanitarian Law, International Commercial law (especially Finance and Security) and Law of Evidence and Agency.[4] Her writings have mainly been in the area of Human Rights, specifically women's rights in conflict areas and the plight of the disabled. Naggitta-Musoke has been a visiting professor at the Global Legal Studies Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] Since 2012, she has been the dean of the School of Law at Makerere University. She is currently the Law & Jurisprudence member on the editorial committee for the East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights.[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ On, John (20 March 2012). "New Dean at the School of Law". Makerere University. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Africa at Noon on November 14, 2012". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Kimbowa, Joseph (9 February 2014). "Implementation gap denying PWDs education". The Observer. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Dr Damalie Nagitta-Musoke". Makerere University.
  5. ↑ "Editorial committee". East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights. 17 (1): ii. 2011.
  6. ↑ "Makerere University: Evaluation of Carnegie Corporation of New York Support to Research for Development & Human Resource Capacity Building" (PDF). 2012.

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