The Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, established under the Legal Aid Act of 2010, is a national public institution mandated to provide legal aid to persons with insufficient means. In a bid to provide quality legal aid service to the nation, the Bureau invites applications from qualified candidates to fill the following vacant posts:

Duties and responsibilities 

• Interview and take statements from persons seeking legal aid
• Assist in drafting legal documents such as demand letters, legal opinions, and court documents, among others
• Provide limited legal advice to persons of insufficient means.
• Provide legal literacy services to the general public
• Accept service of legal documents and filing case documents in Court.
• Compile Quarterly returns in Civil and Criminal cases
• Keep cases organized by establishing and organizing files, monitoring calendars, meeting deadlines, documenting actions, putting information into file database and case management software, confirming case status with Legal Aid Advocates
• Help develop cases by maintaining contact with people involved in the case, scheduling depositions, preparing and filling summons and other court documents, drafting complaints, preparing and filing discovery requests, generating status reports
• Keep clients informed by maintaining contact, communicating case progress
• Enhance trial proceedings by organizing evidence, preparing exhibits, scheduling witnesses, ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed, taking courtroom notes
• Supervise Process Servers and advise on their needs; and
• Attend to any other duties assigned by superiors from time to time

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma in Law or Legal Studies from a recognized institution
• A minimum of 1-year experience

Mode of Application

Interested candidates should submit application letters, Curriculum Vitae with three (3) traceable referees and copies of professional certificates by hand or through the following post address:

The Director, Malawi Legal Aid Bureau, 1st Floor Shire Building, Off Paul Kagame Road, P.O. Box 675, Lilongwe.

All applications should reach the Director not later than 5:00 pm on Thursday 3rd October, 2024.