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LDC has upped the requirements for admission, with only applicants with second class degrees and above being considered.
Of the 50 students who missed admissions, 29 are from Makerere University. Uganda Christian University (12), Kampala International University( 7), Islamic University in Uganda( 1) and Uganda Pentecostal University (1) are the other rejected. LDC deputy director, Ms Percy Night Tuhaise said the new criteria was hatched by the Centre's admissions board to limit on the number of entrants.
"This time round we used a new criteria where all those (applicants) below second class degree were left out," she said last Friday.
"We did this to limit on the numbers given the few facilities available."
However, Ms Tuhaise who also doubles as the Centre's spokesperson was quick to say that those not admitted still had a chance to reapply for the Bar Course.
"We encourage them to continue applying. May be in future they will be admitted because the Advocates Amendment Act 2002 which we follow while admitting allows even to applicants with pass degrees," she added.
Established in 1970, LDC is the only institution in Uganda mandated to admit graduate lawyers for a diploma in legal practice. No lawyer can practice as an advocate in Uganda without this diploma.
Recently, the LDC Education Review Committee recommended that the Centre admits not more than 600 postgraduate students for easy supervision and learning. Last year, the Centre admitted 609 students on the bar course. The Centre currently accommodates 800 students instead of the planned capacity of 100.
The academic year (2009/10) commenced on September 28 with a total of 632 students admitted on the Bar Course while 223 will offer diploma in law. UCU ,Mukono sent the highest number of students on the Bar Course with 206 slots while Makerere followed with 190 slots .IUIU got 39 slots while KIU sent 18 students.
Out of the 100 places available for government -sponsored students, 44 slots still went to UCU.
Makerere secured 40 slots while IUIU got eight. KIU got four places while Nkumba and UPU got two slots each.
The admission list also shows a huge gender gap. Out of the 100 students admitted on merit, 58 are girls, accounting for 58 percent.
The girls' dominance has not come as a surprise since girls have for last couple of years dominated admissions for law at universities particularly Makerere.
For instance, in the current academic year, out of 130 students admitted in the Faculty of Law at Makerere - on both private and government scholarship, only 24 were male.
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