Justice ministry screens 400 law graduates in recruitment scheme

The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has conducted a written interview for 400 graduates of law to fill vacant positions in the institution.

The written exercise was conducted in collaboration with the Faculty of Law at the University of Juba on Friday.

This comes about a month after President Salva Kiir issued a presidential promotion of six senior legal counsels to counselor generals, 17 first legal counsels to senior legal counsels, and 13 Second Legal counsels to First Legal counsels.

Kiir also appointed an undersecretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and promoted legal counsel.

Dr. Gabriel Isaac Awow Aban, the undersecretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, said the recent staff promotions in the institution has created a vacuum, and the recruitment aims to fill those positions.

It’s not clear how many graduates the Ministry intends to employ.

Dr. Awow, however, said successful candidates in the written interview will undergo oral interviews and be appointed as legal counsels in the Ministry of Justice and government institutions across the county.

“We are conducting the written interview in cooperation and collaboration with our colleague faculty of law at the University of Juba,” Awow said.

“I want to assure the applicants who are sitting for this written interview that as the process has started with transparency we shall continue to the end, and we assured them that everybody will get an equal opportunity to have the vacancies passion if he success in this process he or she will pass to next step.”

Kiir also appointed an undersecretary in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and promoted legal counsel.