Ian Karuri

Wang'ondu Ian Karuri is a final-year LLB candidate at Kenyatta University School of Law whose academic formation spans the transactional architecture of contract and company law, the procedural discipline of civil litigation, and the wider reach of public international law. Practical experience at Kajiado Law Courts — court registry administration, supervised legal drafting, and direct operation of the Court Tracking System — grounded that formation in the realities of how legal institutions actually function. A Kenya Model United Nations delegate since 2023, Ian has built the capacity for rapid research, structured advocacy, and principled negotiation that commercial legal practice demands.

He is fully bilingual in English and Kiswahili and brings to any internship genuine commercial interest, proven pro bono commitment, and the professional discipline that serious legal work requires.

Court Attachment at Kajiado Law Courts (2025-05 – 2025-06)

• Conducted structured observation of civil and criminal proceedings across multiple court divisions, developing first-hand analytical fluency in contentious procedure and judicial administration.
• Prepared legal documents and court correspondence under the supervision of qualified legal officers, applying academic knowledge of pleading to live procedural contexts for the first time.
• Administered court registry operations — filing, indexing, and systematic case file management — building the organisational precision that commercial practice demands and that classroom work alone does not teach.
• Operated the Court Tracking System (CTS), gaining direct exposure to the digital case management infrastructure on which the practical administration of justice depends.
• Documented procedural and substantive legal observations across hearings in both divisions, attending to the detail of institutional process in a way that formal legal training rarely requires.

Delegate at Kenya Model United Nations (KMUN) (2023 – Present)

• Researched and defended assigned country positions in simulated UN committee sessions — positions not always personally held — developing the discipline of building and sustaining principled arguments under pressure, a skill that maps directly onto client advisory and adversarial legal work.
• Produced written position papers and delivered structured oral advocacy in competitive formats, building research speed, clarity of argument, and the ability to negotiate across competing interests.

Member at Legal Aid Society, Kenyatta University (2023 – Present)

• Participated in legal awareness campaigns and access-to-justice work, learning to explain legal concepts to people who have no legal training — a skill that turns out to be harder, and more valuable, than it sounds.

Member at Wakili wa Watoto (2023 – Present)

• Engaged in child rights advocacy and legal protection work for vulnerable children, maintaining an understanding of law as an institution with real human stakes — not only a professional one.

Bachelor of Laws in LLB – Kenyatta University, School of Law (KUSOL) (2023 – 2027)