25th April, 2015 Zambezi Sun Hotel

1. 
   Introduction
   

Ms Chisanga Lenka Kasonde is the Convenor and Ms Tizyo Bulaka the Secretary, both ushered into office following the departure of the initial Convenor and Secretary who could no longer hold office due to other commitments.

2. 
   Membership
   

1. 
   Ms. Chisanga Lenka Kasonde
   
2. 
   Ms. Tizyo Bulaka
   
3. 
   Mr. Abyudi J Shonga SC
   
4. 
   Mr. Stephen Lungu
   
5. 
   Ms. Linda Kasonde
   
6. 
   Mr. Suzyo Dzekedzeke
   
7. 
   Mr. Mwape Moono
   
8. 
   Mrs. Erica Nchito
   
9. 
   Mr. Layeni Phiri
   
10. 
    Mr. Jonas Zimba
    
11. 
    Ms. Lwisha Shula
    

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  Establish the Terms of Reference that will guide the committee and inform it of the purposes of the committee and what activities the committee can embark on.
  
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  Establish the target group of the committee; who is described as a “young lawyer”.
  
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  Draw up a proposal of activities to be carried out by the committee.
  

3. 
   Activities of the Committee
   

1. 
   Establish Terms of Reference of the Committee
   

2. 
   To come up with programmes aimed at character building of young Lawyers and grooming them for future Leadership of the Association.
   
3. 
   To build up synergy between the Young Lawyers and the Senior Lawyer for the betterment of the Association.
   
4. 
   To look at ways of how best the Senior Lawyers can provide mentorship to the Young Lawyers.
   
5. 
   To come up with ways of enhancing young Lawyers participation in LAZ programmes on one hand and on the other to provide a platform of social interaction for students drawn from various Law Schools in the country including those at ZIALE.
   
6. 
   Carry out any other duty referred to the Committee
   

4. 
   Establish target group
   

5. 
   Activities
   

1. 
   Meet your Judges: To enable young lawyers identify our Judges in order to accord them the appropriate courtesy when before Judges. Also to help identify who our Judges are.
   
2. 
   Meet your State Counsel: To enable young lawyers know who our State Counsel is, to identify them and accord them the appropriate courtesy when met.
   
3. 
   Annual Welcome Cocktail for newly admitted Advocates: To welcome the newly admitted Advocates to the legal fraternity. Give them some insight and brief overview of the work of the Law Association, how they can utilize and learn from the Association, general pointers on courtesy among Advocates and other relevant issues.
   
4. 
   It is proposed that the Committee works closely with other Committees of the Association such as the Continuous Development Committee to equip young lawyers with relevant skills such as Advocacy and Networking.
   
5. 
   To work closely with the Association on the Mentorship program
   

6. 
   Challenges
   

publicising the Committee more which will in turn increase membership and participation in the activities of the Committee.

7. 
   Conclusion
   

There have been useful suggestions of activities to be carried out which I implore the incoming Committee to seriously pursue. We invite the LAZ Council to find ways of getting members involved in the Association’s activities through the various committees. More members are welcome to join this Committee and get involved in its activities.

For now, I can confirm that the groundwork necessary for setting up and giving identity to this relatively new committee has been done. We can only look forward and hope that members of LAZ will willingly offer their time and effort to give effect to the objects of the Committee.

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