Elizabeth Musoke is an
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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n justice of the
Supreme Court of Uganda
The Supreme Court of Uganda is the highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives its powers from Article 130 of the 1995 Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court with original jurisdiction in only one type of case: a presidential electi ...
, since November 2022.
Background and education
She was born and educated in Uganda for he pre-university education. She earned a
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
(LLB) degree from
Makerere University
Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...
, the nation's oldest and largest public University. She also obtained a
Diploma in Legal Practice
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, from the
Law Development Centre
The Law Development Centre (LDC) is an educational institution in Uganda for higher learning that offers various legal courses ranging from one month to one year.
Overview
The LDC is the only institution in Uganda that offers the Bar Course leadi ...
, in Kampala, the country's capital city. She was admitted to the Uganda Bar as a practicing lawyer.
Career
She’s worked with the ministry of justice for several years and left at the rank of Principal State Attorney to join the Inspectorate of Government as Director Legal Affairs in 1999.
In July 2013, she was appointed to serve as a judge of the High Court of Uganda, assigned to the civil division,
serving in that capacity until October 2015, when she was elevated to the Court of Appeal, which doubles as the
Constitutional Court of Uganda
The Court of Appeal of Uganda (also constituted as the Constitutional Court of Uganda) is the second-highest court, judicial organ in Uganda. It derives its powers from Article 134 of the Constitution of Uganda, 1995 Constitution. It is an appel ...
.
In November 2022, she was appointed by H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to the Supreme Court as a justice of the High Court
until date. She is among the 10 Justices o
The Supreme Court Of Uganda
See also
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Hellen Obura
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Supreme Court of Uganda
The Supreme Court of Uganda is the highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives its powers from Article 130 of the 1995 Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court with original jurisdiction in only one type of case: a presidential electi ...
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Makerere University alumni
20th-century Ugandan lawyers
21st-century Ugandan judges
Law Development Centre alumni
Ugandan women judges
People from Central Region, Uganda
Justices of the Court of Appeal of Uganda
21st-century women judges