Malawi Law Society is a legal membership organization that unites all lawyers in Malawi. [1] [2] It is administered by an elected executive board.
The Malawi Legal Information Institute is a division of the MLS. [3] It is a source of public legal information relating to legal judgements and rulings in Malawi.
The Malawi Law Journal (MLJ) is a peer reviewed publication sponsored by the Malawi Law Society, University of Malawi, and Malawian scholars across the globe. [4] [5] Its current editor-in-chief is Danwood M Chirwa.
The association formally launched in 1998 but it existed within the society from 1993 when it was called the permanent Committee on Women and Children’s Affairs. The organisation later broke its links with the Law Society to concentrate on its own goals. [6]