THE UCULS MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME (UCULS-MP)

Patricia Akia is a law student in her third year and currently serves in the elected position of Speaker UCU Law Society 2020-2021. She acknowledges the vital role productive mentorship plays in the success journey of every law student and has analyzed the art of mentorship throughout her years spent in Law School. She is grateful to the upper year law students who volunteer and stand ready to support their colleagues coming in for their first year in Law School. “Such actions by upper year law students are highly commendable and it is such tireless and genuine effort that keeps the programmes running” she says.

To qualify as a mentee, one must subscribe to the UCU Law Society. Once one has subscribed, a mentor is duly accorded. To subscribe and become a member of society, contact Musiime Oscar, the Finance Secretary at
lawschoolucu@gmail.com

To make an appointment with one of the above persons, kindly email us at lawschoolucu@gmail.com
The roles, duties and obligations of each elected and appointed position are provided for in the UCULS Constitution. The Constitution is availed in the about section. UCU Law School is entirely inclusive, dynamic and student-centred.

The UCULS Mentorship Programme is availed to only subscribed members of the UCU LawSociety. This is done by pairing upper year law students with first year fully-subscribed students for the sole purpose of easing transition into the first year of law school and the years thereafter. The UCULS Cabinet 2020-2021 has initiated a new twist to this programme where prominent UCU Alumni students and advocates out of law school are accorded to the various mentors and mentees to ensure that the mentorship process is superbly efficient and beneficial to the persons.

These persons are called Senior Mentors. As the Covid 19 pandemic has encouraged a shift to an online mode of academics, mentorship and networking have become much more needed. Law school is quite challenging enough without the added stress of transitioning into year one. Patricia Akia (Speaker, UCULS) will act as student coordinator for the program 2020-2021 academic year to ensure that senior mentors are incorporated into the programme. This is executed in conjunction with the UCULS Academics Affairs office and the Executive. Patricia Akia is excited to pool her intellect, personal and professional skills to make certain that student mentors, mentees and senior mentors gain an enriching experience from the mentorship programme.

The mentorship programme is administered through the UCULS Academic Affairs Secretary with approval and guidance of the appropriate persons including the Executive. According mentors is executed by marketing the programme, recruiting senior and student mentors and mentees, training student mentors on competent mentorship, pairing mentees with mentors and coordinating the required paperwork.

We continually look forward to the success of the re-structured mentorship programme and encourage members of the UCU Law Society to email any questions, concerns or interests pertaining to the mentorship programme through the UCULS email lawschoolucu@gmail.com

As student coordinators charged with identifying and incorporating prominent UCU Law School Alumni and appropriate persons to be senior mentors. Patricia Akia and Dean Natukunda will play a key role in the administration and development of this programme to ensure its success.