NOTICE ON CHANGE OF ALMANAC FOR 9TH COHORT AND EXTENSION OF TIME ON FIELD PLACEMENT TRAINING.
Take note that the 9th Cohort Almanac has been amended to the effect that Field Placement has been extended to 27th January 2012. The change has been made to accommodate the two weeks or more for some law firms/courts and other offices which are on vacation for Christmas and New Year. By this note you are hereby required to inform/communicate to your Field Supervisors this change.
For more information please contact Field Placement Officer at the Law School of Tanzania.

CHINESE FIRM THAT BUILT THE ULTRA-MODERN NATIONAL STADIUM TO CONSTRUCT THE LAW SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN DAR ES SALAAM

The Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Justice has contracted a Chinese firm, M/s Beijing Construction Engineering Group Company Limited (BCEG), to construct permanent buildings of its Law School of Tanzania at 16bn/-.

The buildings will be constructed on the School's 23-acre plot located along Sam Nujoma Road in Dar es Salaam under the Legal Sector Reform Programme (LSRP). The agreement to that effect was signed in Dar es Salaam on 18th October, 2010 by the Ministry and the Chinese company. Speaking during the agreement signing ceremony, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Mr Oliver Mhaiki, said the construction work would be completed within 15 months.

Mr Mhaiki urged the contractor to ensure the work was finished on time to enable the School move to its permanent location. Established by the Law School of Tanzania Act in 2007, the School is currently using the University of Dar es Salaam buildings on temporary arrangements pending construction of its own permanent structures.

BCEG General Manager Mr Jia Jianhui assured the government of high quality work to be ready within the agreed time.

On his part, the School's Acting Principal, Dr. Gerald Ndika, said at the ceremony that the envisaged buildings and related infrastructure would be a state-of-the-art facility comprising classrooms, moot court rooms, lecture theatres, demonstration courthouse, library, multipurpose hall, hostels, staff quarters and sports courts.

"These will allow the School to effectively provide relevant practical legal training for law graduates who aspire to become legal practitioners. Besides, the School's buildings will include a specially built demonstration courthouse where criminal and civil cases will be filed and heard by Resident Magistrates," said Dr Ndika.

" It is expected that the school will have capacity to enrol 1,000 students at any given time, of whom 500 can be provided with campus accommodation," added Dr Ndika.

He noted that construction of student hostels would be done in the second phase of the agreement scheduled to take off in 2012.