CURRICULUM

PROGRAMMES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

The curricula of programmes offered for law enforcement agencies will be tailor-made according to the needs of the relevant law enforcement agency.  See D. Certificate in Criminal Justice, Constitutionalism and Human Rights (16CCCH)

ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME

It is envisaged that during the University holidays, candidate Magistrates, Prosecutors and Community Court Justices will be attached to different courts around the country to gain practical experience of the subjects on offer. The attachment will be monitored by the JTC and the host station will be required to submit a written report on the candidates’ progress.

THE LEGAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE

The Course of post graduate study shall extend for a period of at least nine months, three months of which shall be devoted to compulsory lectures at the Justice Training Centre, and the syllabus of the course shall comprise the following subjects:

• Professional Ethics and Conduct and Techniques in Litigation including salient rules of Evidence
• Practice Management and Administration and Practical Bookkeeping and Accounts
• Administration of Wills and Estates
• The Practice and Procedure relating to the Law of Insolvency and Trusts
• The Practice and Procedure relating to (a) Commercial Transactions and (b) Drafting of Contracts
• Civil Practice and Procedure in the Supreme Court, High Court and Lower Courts, Legal Costs and Prescription
• Criminal Practice and Procedure in the Namibian Courts
• Practice of Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Practical Workings of the Organs of the State and Public Bodies
• Motor Accidents Law and Motor Vehicle Accident Claims (MVA)
• Practice of Labour Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Legal Drafting
• Conveyancing – Introductory Course (non examinable)

ATTACHMENT PROGRAMME

During the entire 9 months period, each candidate legal practitioner will be attached to a ‘Practicing Principal’ in a law firm and/or the Legal Aid Directorate for a period of not less than 60 hours per month. Attachments  may also be entered into with the offices of the Prosecutor General.

Contracts of Attachments must be entered into not later than the date of commencement of the candidates’ attendance of the course except where the Board for Legal Education prescribes a later date. Candidates should note that attachment is a prerequisite to admission to practice law and a candidate who has successfully completed his examinations will nonetheless be ineligible for admission until this requirement has been fully complied with during or after the course.