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and ultimately in public speaking 6. The Debates/the Debate Club two sessions of debate were:

and advocacy. The following is The Faculty of Law had its first “Government should censor

an example of charges that have student debate on 13 October communication in all social net-
been laid against students, and 2016. Following these debates, works for preservation of peace”;

prosecuted to finality. students of law took part in a and “This house believes that

debate league intended to run there should be general amnes-

IN THE MOOT COURT ON (much like a soccer league) un- ty for all the soldiers alleged to
TUESDAY THE til the end of the academic year, have been involved in crimes in

NUL V NOOSI each year. At the end of the ac- the period preceding 2015 gen-

ademic year, the winning team eral elections in Lesotho”. Since

You are hereby charged with win prize money and a roam- then, students debate contro-
contravention of the Legal Meth- ing trophy. The inaugural debate versial but concurrent issues that

ods (L181) conduct of lectures featured veteran debaters from impact their every day lives, but

rules as contained in the course town, in the likes of Adv. Tem- equally have a bearing on leader-

outline of 2016 and verbally com- bo, Adv. Moiloa and Mr Mosito ship challenges.
municated to the students in the (amongst others). The goal was

first lecture of the course during and remains to horn our future

the academic year 2016-2017, in activists, human rights advocates

that he arrived late in the lecture and leaders.
on the 9th August 2916 t DTF 105. Incidentally, the motions for the

7. Community service

Since I have started teaching a first year law course, I have engaged the students in annual visits to the

nearby High schools in an effort to do community service. For all the years that we have been doing this

the program is always the same. We walk to these places and offer lectures to the students about the

hierarchy and functions of the courts, and then share some old clothing and pads for the girl students. We

have so far rounded all the High schools within and near the valley of Roma.

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