Cameroon Legal Practice for Foreign Trained Lawyers

Introduction

This course is designed for foreign trained lawyers, aspiring lawyers and other legal professionals who have been or desire to be admitted into the Cameroon Bar Association as well as other legal practitioners who desire to gain an insight into practice at the Cameroon Bar. It is an induction course into the legal skills that are required of lawyers the next day after their admission into the Bar.

Language: English & French

Duration: 4 months

Tutored: Yes

Cost: € 600

Certificate: Yes

Curriculum

This course shall consist of the modules listed below, and at the end of each module candidates shall be tested:

  • Module 1: Introduction to the Profession of Advocate & History
  • Module 2: The Role & the Duties of Lawyers
  • Module 3: The Legal Framework of Practice at the Bar
  • Module 4: Professional Ethics
  • Module 5: The Future of the Profession
  • Module 6: Lady Advocates
  • Module 7: Thinking Like A Lawyer
  • Module 8: Careers in the Legal Professions
  • Module 9: Law Practice Management
  • Module 10: The Cameroon Court System & the Administrative Organisation of Courts
  • Module 11: The Independence of the Judiciary & Lawyers
  • Module 12: The Bar Association
  • Module 13: The Traditions & Customs of the Bar
  • Module 14: The Court Registry
  • Module 15: Commencing Civil & Commercial Proceedings & Trial
  • Module 16: Commencing Criminal Proceedings & Criminal Trial
  • Module 17: Labour Law & Litigations
  • Module 18: Administrative Litigations
  • Module 19: The Courts of Appeal & Stay of Execution
  • Module 20: The Supreme Court
  • Module 21: The Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa
  • Module 22: The Common Court of Justice & Arbitration
  • Module 23: Simplified Proceedings for the Recovery of Debts
  • Module 24: Enforcement of Judgments
  • Module 25: Sequestration
  • Module 26: Disputes on Enforcement of Judgments & Enforcement of Foreign Judgments & Arbitral Awards
  • Module 27: Urgent Proceedings & Statutory Deadlines
  • Module 28: Legal Aid
  • Module 29: Arbitration & Mediation Law
  • Module 30: Preliminary Objections
  • Module 31: The Constitutional Council & Constitutional Justice
  • Module 32: The Status of Judges & Prosecutors & the Higher Judicial Council
  • Module 33: The Special Criminal Court
  • Module 34: The CEMAC Common Court of Justice
  • Module 35: Rules of Evidence & the Art of Cross Examination
  • Module 36: Legal Drafting & Brief Writing
  • Module 37: Fight Against Corruption & Corporate Criminality
  • Module 38: Money Laundering & Terrorism
  • Module 39: Human Rights Law Practice & Civil Liberties
  • Module 40: Respecting the Rule of Law in Times of Emergency
  • Module 41: Criminal Law & Cyber-criminality
  • Module 42: Insurance Law
  • Module 43: The Tax Status of the Lawyer
  • Module 44: Personal Branding for Lawyers
  • Module 45: Advocate-Client Relationship & Lawyers’ Fees
  • Module 46: Professional Secrecy
  • Module 47: Recusals & Filing Suits Against Judges
  • Module 48: Adoption & Matrimonial Proceedings
  • Module 49: Liquidation of Costs of Proceedings
  • Module 50: Probate & Administration of Estates
  • Module 51: Nationality Law
  • Module 52: Fair & Equitable Trial
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