Damalie Nagitta-Musoke

Esther Damalie Nagitta-Musoke (Esther Damalie Naggita-Musoke) is a Ugandan academic, and served as the dean and acting principal of the school of law at Makerere University, in Uganda, for close to five years, from 2012 until 2017. She was preceded by Professor Ben Twinomugisha and succeeded by Dr. Christopher Mbaziira. She is also an Advocate of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda and partner in the Law Chambers of Mubiru-Musoke, Musisi & Co. Advocates.

Education Naggita-Musoke received her Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University with honours and her Master of Laws from the University of Nottingham. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin Law School where she did her dissertation on the legal rights of persons with disabilities in rural Uganda. She also has a Certificate in the Human Rights of Women from the European University Center for Peace Studies in Stadtschlaining, Austria, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre in Kampala.

Academic career In 1993 Nagitta-Musoke joined the School of Law of Makerere University in the Department of Law and Jurisprudence. She teaches and has research interests which include International Humanitarian Law, International Commercial law (especially Finance and Security) and Law of Evidence and Agency.