Reflections on Malawi’s commitment towards elimination of harmful practices against children
The MLS has the legal mandate to promote research towards the development of the law. The MLS achieves this objective in many ways. First, the MLS encourages its members to author papers for presentation at its conferences and continuous professional development trainings. The MLS holds its Annual General Meeting and
Gender, Child and Disability Rights Practice Division Emerges as the Most Active Practice Division in the 2022-2023 Practice Year
The MLS created Subcommittees and Practice Divisions to help the Executive Committee in achieving the overall objectives of the MLS. The Practice Divisions focus on specific areas of practice and shed appropriate light on special areas of interest for the profession. These fall under the Legal Practice Committee within the
Malawi Law Society to Assist Murder Suspects on Remand at Chichiri Prison
The Malawi Law Society (“MLS”) in collaboration with the Legal Aid Bureau (“LAB”) is expected to assist murder suspects who are incarcerated at Blantyre Prison (also known as Chichiri Prison) with bail applications. The Officer in Charge for the Prison, Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Levi Maharawipha disclosed in a meeting
Malawi Law Society to Launch National Wide Pro Bono Scheme
The Malawi Law Society (“MLS”) is established under section 63 of the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act, 2017 (“LELPA”) with the mandate to, among others, promote matters of public interest touching, ancillary and incidental to the law. Under section 42 of the LELPA, every legal practitioner is mandated to
MLS Successfully Conducts “A Future Ready Practitioner and Law Practice: Law, Technology and the Basics of Practice Management, Mentoring and Supervision for a Sustainable Practice” CPD
On 21st July, 2023, the MLS conducted a CPD workshop at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe. The CPD was attended by 316 virtual participants and 46 physical participants. The CPD set out to help develop a future-ready legal practitioner and law practice, particularly with respect to the law, technology, the
MLS hits ground running with donations, hails MDF
On Sunday 19th March, 2023, the Malawi Law Society donated assorted items worth MK10,600,000.00 to victims of Cyclone Freddy at Samson Primary School, Chimwaza Primary School and Mpala Primary School Camps in Mulanje District. The victims have made the schools their temporary homes after their houses fell down, food, clothes
Judicial Review Case Number 6 of 2023: The State (On the Application of the Malawi Law Society v Prosecutor Levison Mangani SACP, The Chief Resident Magistrate (Lilongwe) and the Secretary to the President and Cabinet
On 6th February, 2023, the MLS obtained permission to apply for a judicial review of some impugned 2 decisions of the defendants pertaining to the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ms. Martha Chizuma. The impugned decisions are, namely, the decision of the 1st defendant on 25th January, 2023 to charge
Malawi Law Society signs a Memorandum of Understanding with MANEPO
On 6th January, 2023 the MLS signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Malawi Network for Older Persons’ Organizations (MANEPO), a consortium of Civil Society Organisations that fight for and promote the rights of the older persons in Malawi. The MoU was signed at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel by
Public Statement on the Commission’s Public Inquiry Report into the Arrest of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director General on 6th December 2022
The Malawi Law Society demands that, apart from the 22 pages that Ms. Colleen Zamba as Secretary to President circulated on 3rd January, 2023, the Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into the arrest of the ACB Director General on 6th December 2022, Mr Frank Kalowamfumbi, must be directed to
Input on the status of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)
On 10th October 2022, the MLS received an invitation from the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament to attend a scheduled meeting on 18th October 2022 at 9:30am to “present issues that border on the functionality of the Judicial Service Commission in the country”. This also presented an opportunity through which the