Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The University

above is the agape square of UCU

Uganda Christian University is located 23 kilometres from Kampala, in Mukono town, on the the main road to Jinja. It is a private university, chartered and fully accredited by the President of the Republic of Uganda, through the Ministry of Higher Education and Sports, and the National Council for Higher Education.

UCU is owned by the Province of the Church of Uganda, and has campuses in Eastern, Western and Northern Uganda.

The University was born out of Bishop Tucker Theological College. The college was founded in 1913 in response to a growing need for pastors in the Church. Uganda Christian University has all the necessities for an excellent education. It is recognised internationally and nationally. The Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda is Chancellor, and the Rt. Rev. Dr George Carey is our Patron.

Uganda Christian University is the first African affiliate member of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities in the United States, and a member of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion.

The Faculty of Law is dedicated to providing instruction to students in the legal field and develop a hub of legal scholarship and research facilities for students, academics and researchers from Uganda, East Africa and beyond.

about the journal

The Integrity in Law Journal is a student-edited Journal of interdisciplinary studies on Integrity in the Law. It is a purely online journal based at and electronically published from the Uganda Christian University Faculty of Law at Mukono....read more The Journal seeks to present an intellectual debate bearing upon integrity in matters pertaining to the law from a social, economic and political perspective. Published bi-annually in June and December, the Journal solicits

articles, notes and comments covering judicial decisions, legislative developments, and empirical research on Integrity in the Ugandan legal system, public policy studies and theoretical analysis from related fields of inquiry.

We welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, policymakers and students from within the legal community, as well as other professions and have a strong preference for articles that are not descriptive but prescriptive and argumentatively focused.

Vision

The ILJ will be a model reference of integrity in the law and research through comprehensive and relevant articles contributing to excellence in academics and research.

Mission

We serve to always produce a quality and current journal by gathering and editing texts from informed sources on particular legal issues.

We seek to promote and employ integrity in our dealings and in the legal profession.