Annual Report - University of Namibia

offi cers working in the fi eld of immigrationgraduated.Another exciting programme was theCertifi cate in Parliamentary Practice andConduct. Twenty Parliamentarians (mostlymembers of the Standing Committee onLaw and Constitutionalism) participatedin the programme. The Universityalso entered into an agreement withParliament to continue this programme in2010 and to assist the Standing Committeein executing their constitutional mandate.Justice Training CentreThe Justice Training Centre has a statutorymandate to work under the supervisionand discipline of the Board for LegalEducation to prepare the materials andteach candidate legal practitioners inpreparation of the Legal Practitioner’sQualifying Examination.Nine part-time lecturers – most of thempractising lawyers – participated in theprogramme. The Centre was managedby Ms. Christa Klazen and Prof. Horn actedas director. During the year under review,the Chief Justice and the Board for LegalEducation started a thorough evaluationof the programme for candidate legalpractitioners. The Faculty was part of thisendeavour and will cooperate to makethe JTC even more effective. The JTC hada record intake of 58 students in 2009.The Legal Aid ClinicThe Legal Aid Clinic serves a doublefunction. First, it is part of both the LLB and BJuris curriculum, where it prepares studentsto deal with clients, and in the case of LLBstudents, to defend clients in the districtlabour court. Secondly, it provides legaladvice and services for people whocannot afford a legal practitioner.With the arrival of Ms. Yvonne Dausab,who has extensive experience in legalclinical work, and with the able assistanceof Mr. Steve Gray, who was a Fulbrightfellow until July 2009, the work of the Clinichad real momentum. In 2009, the LegalAid Clinic operated predominantly indistrict labour courts where it delivered aservice to those who could not afford legalrepresentation, but have a constitutionalright to it.Research and PublicationsResearch activities by members of staffcovered almost all areas of law. Sevenmembers of the Faculty and four LLMstudents made contributions to one ofthe three editions of the Namibian LawJournal, (MacMillan), with the Dean, Assoc.Prof. Nico Horn, as editor-in-chief and Prof.Manfred Hinz as one of the co-editors.Professors Horn and Hinz, Dr. Ruppeland Mr. Bangamwabo contributed toHuman Rights in Africa (MacMillan); Dr.Ruppel edited a book with contributionsof LLB and B Juris students on women’sand children’s rights in Namibia. Horn,Hinz, Bangamwabo, Amoo, Nakuta andRuppel published articles in internationalpublications and/or contributed chaptersin academic books.The Dean served on several editorialAnnual Report 2009 -37-