Dr. Theophil Romward is a Lecturer in the Department of Private Law, University of Dar es Salaam School of Law. He joined the School in 2015 as a Tutorial Assistant. Dr. Romward holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B Hons); a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M), both from University of Dar es Salaam; a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (PGDLP) from the Law School of Tanzania. He is a practising advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and the Courts subordinate thereto and Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths.

Dr. Romward served as a member of the African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA) Legal Research Team from 2016 to 2017 under the African Union, World Bank and African Legal Support Facility’s support. Under AMLA, Dr. Romward’s main role was to gather, study, and analyse African countries’ Mineral Laws with a view to providing comparative data aimed at supporting the African countries to maximise benefits from their non-renewable mineral resources. He has also attended various workshops and conferences with a bearing on Mining law, including the Experts Meeting for drafting the African Mining Model law in Abidjan Cote D’Ivore, 2017.

Awards:

1. University of Aberdeen School of Law, Merit Scholarship to pursue Doctoral Studies at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2018-2021

    

2. Certificate of Successful Participation in the TGCL Autumn University, Organized by Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies in Germany (Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Berlin) and Belgium (Brussels), 2017

    

3. Certificate for Honourable Achievement at African Mining Legislation Atlas, in 2017/2018

    

4. DAAD through Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies (TGCL), Scholarship to pursue LL.M in Regional integration and EAC Law at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016/2017