Like he usually does, Senior lawyer Silver Kayondo has continued giving advice that is supposed to be helpful to young lawyers, fresh law school graduates and also law students.
Many lawyers are advised to upgrade to at least a Master of Laws and many choose to do so from universities abroad. Why do they ignore the local universities and opt for those abroad!!? Is there any advantage in doing so!! Meanwhile do I have to just take on any University so long as it’s in a foreign country!!?
Just like many lawyers, after finishing his Bar Course (LDC) Silver Kayondo worked in Uganda for 2 years in a busy corporate/commercial law firm.
“My interest was litigation, but l veened off slowly after seeing cases taking a decade in court” he tweets.
Most lawyers seek for scholarship opportunities once they feel like they need to reconnect for an academic upgrade. He talks about how the right decision should be made.
You’re not supposed to just take on any scholarship simply because an opportunity is available. What if you study things that aren’t applicable in Uganda!! Won’t that be a suicide towards your careers!!?
“I had scholarship offers from USA, Europe and China. We had assessed that a big chunk of African action would be Chinese driven…an opportunity came up in South Africa. We went back to the drawing board”.
He notes one major rule in success through qualification, “Rule No.1 – Never be too advanced for your society. You will either end up in very deep trouble (if misunderstood) or fail to fit in and re-adjust…”
In other words, as you are making an advancement in regards to your academic qualification, pay much attention to the legal, economic, social developments among others within the country you intend to study in.
Meanwhile, you ought to remember that the time such developments show off in Uganda is so vital to determine whether your qualification choice will render you useful or the other way round.
“Intuitively, I knew Uganda would have to become a “kenya” first and then a “South Africa” before it becomes an “American” or a “Europe”. He added.
Many fresh law graduates among others make the wrong choices when it comes upgrading where upon some choose universities abroad on private or personal sponsorship and others through scholarship opportunities.
To know more why you should not take any scholarship opportunity available read full thread here!!!
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