• Dean Dr Materu receiving a book of the biography of the late Justice Robert H kisanga from the chief Justice I. H. Juma after it´s launch on 23-01-2024
  • Prof Bonaventure Rutinwa the DVC_Academic greeting the participants of UDSoL carrier day 09.06.2023
  • Ms Shemane Amin partner at ALN, presenting about ALN Tanzania during the UDSoL carrier day
  • Congratulations Prof. Hamudi Ismail Majamba for promotion from Associate professor to professor

Dr. Sosteness Francis Materu.

Dean - School of Law

WELCOME NOTE

Welcome to UDSoL..

The School of Law, located along Mkwajuni Road, at the A.B. Weston Building at the Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Campus (University of Dar-es-Salaam) is the oldest legal training institute in the Eastern and Southern African region.

The School (then Faculty of Law) was established on Wednesday, 25th October 1961, about three months before the independence of the then Tanganyika. It was meant to cater for the emerging newly independent States of East Africa, at that time comprising of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. This website provides a brief summary of the School, its current staff, history, academic and administrative structure and the courses it offers. It also provides memories, highlights and achievements of its staff

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