Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Deadline for Submitting Class of 2015 Dissertation Proposals

All LLB Students who are on track to graduate in 2015 that intend to write a dissertation in 2015 must submit proposed topics before the 1st of May 2014.

Proposed dissertation topics must be submitted to uculawdissertations@gmail.com

Your proposed topic submission should include a descriptive title of the proposal submission that does not exceed twenty-five (25) words.

Your proposed topic submission should also include a list of up to three faculty members that you would like to supervise your dissertation.

An example of a proper submission follows in italics:

Student: Zira Zabu S11B11/999

Proposed Topic: The Functionality of Uganda's International Crimes Division of the High Court: A Performance Based Assessment 2012-2014

Requested Supervisors: 1) Able Abbo
                                      2) Bosco Butto
                                      3) Conrad Kato

Proposed dissertation topics will be assessed for faculty approval.

Only students that have a 3.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average after their first three years of study in the LLB Programme will be eligible to write a dissertation.

Students without a passing mark in Legal Research will not be eligible to write a dissertation.

Please note that the deadline for submitting a proposed topic will occur prior to the time the Faculty of Law will have information regarding a student's eligibility to write a dissertation.

Students who submit proposed topics will have their topic preliminarily accepted by the Faculty of Law or preliminarily rejected.

Topics that are preliminarily accepted may be modified over time with the approval of the supervisor assigned to the student.  If a student receives preliminary acceptance of a dissertation topic that does not mean that the student will be deemed eligible to write a dissertation.  Ultimate eligibility is only granted to students who pass Legal Research and who have the requisite 3.0 GPA after the calculation and inclusion of January 2014 results

Students whose proposed topics are preliminarily rejected will be given the opportunity to revise or replace their topic after notice.   Students should submit revised or replacement topic within the deadline provided at the time their preliminary topic is rejected.

It is strongly recommended that students submit their proposals from their own email accounts so that they will be able receive email responses to their topic submission.

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