Mr.
Ejoku Opolot |
Profile
of Mr. Ejoku Opolot
ropolot@justice.go.ug
Educational
Qualifications:
LL. B (Makerere University, Kampala)
Diploma In Legal Practice (Law Development Centre,
Kampala)
Master of Laws Degree in Maritime and Environmental
Law of the International Maritime Law Institute,
Malta
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Tasks
in your current position:
Providing
Legal support, Advisory and consultative services
to local Government
Handling
legal assignments for the Attorney General and Solicitor
General regarding Local Government and related bodies
Researching
into legal issues for the purposes of enabling the
development of guidelines for policy, regarding Local
Governments
Interpreting
Government policies to and by the various Local Government
and related agencies
Preparing
cabinet memoranda of legal nature, legal briefs and
opinions for Attorney General and Solicitor General.
Profile/Career
Achievements
He worked as a State Attorney since March 1984 on
temporary terms but later appointed a State Attorney
in 1987 by the Public Service.
Mr.
Ejoku Opolot was promoted to Senior State Attorney
in 1991. He was then elevated to Principal State Attorney
in 1995 and successfully appointed by His Excellency
the President as Commissioner for Legal Advisory Services
in 1999 to date.
He
heads the Department in the Directorate of Legal Advisory
Services in charge of Advising Local Governments on
legal matters concerning the said Government among
other things
Mr.
Ejoku was in Hilders Primary School (1966-1972) where
he obtained a Primary leaving Certificate; he joined
Soroti Secondary (1973-1976) where he acquired Ordinary
Certificate. He went to Nyakasura School (1979-1982)
before joining Makerere University Kampala (1982-1983)
where he studied Law.
He
enrolled with a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
as an Advocate from the Law Development Centre (1982-1983)
Mr.
Ejoku Opolot also graduated with Masters of Laws from
the International Maritime Law Institute Malta (1991-1992)
Work
Record:
Assistant
Lecturer, Law Development Centre (1983-1984)
Pupil
State Attorney, Directorate of Public Prosecutions
(1984-1987)
State
Attorney, Directorate of Civil Affairs (1987-1991)
Senior
State Attorney, Registrar General's Department (1991-1994)
Principal
State Attorney, Directorate of Public Prosecutions
(1994-1999)
Commissioner
Legal Advisory Services, Local Government (1999) to
date
Mr. Ejoku has attended various
courses and conferences
Legal
Aspects of Debt Management Nairobi, Kenya (1990)
Asian-African
Legal Consultative Committee meeting Beijing, China
April 1990.
International
Commercial Arbitration, Cairo Centre for International
Commercial Arbitration, Cairo, Egypt, November 1990.
International
Law Commission Session, Geneva, Switzerland, June
1991
World
Intellectual Property Organisation/ African Regional
Intellectual Property Organisation Seminar Accra,
Ghana September 1991
International
Maritime Law Institute Studies, Msida, Malta October
1991
World
Intellectual Property Organisation Seminar, Geneva,
Switzerland, March 1994
World
Intellectual Property Organisation Seminar, Strasbourg,
France, April 1994
World
Intellectual Property Organisation Seminar, Budapest,
Hungary, May 1994
Environmental
Law Institute Seminar on Environmental Policy: Development
and Implementation Washington DC, USA (January 1995)
Legal
Aspects of Drug and Crime Control, Organisation of
Drug and Crime Prevention, Justice College Pretoria,
South Africa, (October 1998)
Meeting
of Legal Experts and Parliamentarians on the Establishment
of the African Union and Pan African Parliament OAU,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (April 2000)
Meeting
of Legal Experts and Parliamentarians on the Establishment
of the African Union and Pan African Parliament, Tripoli,
Libya, (July 2000)
Effective
Debt Management Workshop UNITAR/MEFMI, DAR-ES-SALAAM,
August 2000
He
holds professional membership in the following: -
Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and all courts
subordinate
Uganda
Law Society
Uganda
Arbitration Association
Uganda
Environmental Law Association
Mr.
Ejoku Opolot besides being a lawyer has interest in:
-
Environmental
protection
Research
Reading
and
Sports.
