LAW CLINIC FOR LEADERSHIP OF JRCLS-SIERRA LEONE CHAPTER

          THE JURISTS CENTER COLLABORATIVE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

 [ MISSION ]: The training uphold the precept, of the Articles of Faith, Chapter of the Book of Mormon, versus 12, which, I quote;

“We believe in being subject to Kings, Presidents, Rulers, and Magistrates, in obeying, honouring, and sustaining the Law.”

[PURPOSE]:

Whenever, there is an established human interaction from inter-relations, with vested interests, the results, is misunderstanding and dispute, thou, the Church as a community of humans, cannot be excluded, hence, the essence of the Legal aid Department, to serve the Saints, as a complement to the Church Welfare Ministry and Humanitarian aid.

[LEADERSHIP TRAINING]:

On the 25^th and 26^th of September 2026; 9:00am to 5:00pm, of each day, there will be a leadership training sessions for the qualified Elders and Sisters, from the various Wards and Stakes of  the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of Sierra Leone Mission Area, for the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, a comprehensive training, towards their capacity and efficiency, to serve the Mission area of the Church, on the following subjects of legal training;

I.  Mediators for internal grievances, from unexpected Membership Inter-relation conflicts within the Church, as in the Offices of Relief Societies, the Offices of Elders Quorums, the Offices of Bishoperics, and the Offices of Stake Presidencies, for effective Ecclesiastical duties.

II. Leadership Abuses, Marriages and Family Disputes settlement by Mediation, and Arbitration procedures, under the Church Ecclesiastical Tribunal.

III. Types of Legal aid services, for the  Wards and Stakes, as a Welfare Ministry by paralegals.

IV.  Negotiatory defense, against infractions emanating from Church Events and Local Laws, under dispute resolutions.

V. Negotiating skills against disputes, on Church facility management and Local regulatory laws.

VI.  Field Missionaries unexpected infractions, with the local regulatory laws, and negotiatory defense, duty.

VII.  Training on pertinent selected areas of the General Hand book, as Administrative Canonical Laws of the Church, for  the Wards and Stake managements, within the context of Local laws.

[ATTENDANCE FEE]: The fee of participation, including the Lunch to be served, for the two days event, is Nle 350 or $20. Registration forms, are available at the Local wards and Stakes, under the acting JRCLS coordinators for the Church.

[VENUE FOR TRAINING]: It shall be communicated, to fully registered members, for the Training Event.

[TAKE NOTE]: The training session, is a preparation to set-apart the qualified leadership, of the JRCLS Chapter of Sierra Leone, for the coming-up conference in October 2026, under the theme: The Rule of Law and Constitutionalism; the role of the Church.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

25^TH SEPTEMBER 2026.

 

SUBJECT CODES	SUBJECT  TITLES	TIME
JRCLS-SL- 01	MEDIATION SETTLEMENT	10:00 AM -11:00 AM
JRCLS-SL - 02	ARBITRATION SETTLEMENT	11:00 AM -1:00 PM
	LUNCH SERVICE	1:00 PM -2:00 PM
JRCLS-SL- 03	LEGAL AID AND WELFARE SERVICE	2:00 PM -3:30 PM
CLOSING	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION	3:30PM -4:30PM

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

26^TH SEPTEMBER 2026.

 

SUBJECT CODES	SUBJECT TITLES	TIME
JRCLS-SL-04	CANON LAWS-GENERAL HAND BOOK	9:00 AM-11:00 AM
JRCLS-SL-05	ECCLESIASTICAL TRIBUNAL	11:30 AM -12:30 PM
	LUNCH SERVICE	12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
JRCLS-SL-06	LOCAL LAWS AND THE CHURCH	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
CLOSING	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION	3:30 PM – 4:30PM

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Elder. Emmanuel Tweneboah Senzu, a Jurist, and professor of Constitutional Law and Economic Criminology. Legal aid- Lawyer, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: J. Reuben Clark Law Society-President, Africa West  Mission Area.