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Immaculate juma

Art Law Kenya. A3K Legal Consultant Lead 2019-2020.

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Immaculate Juma

Legal Consultant Lead

Immaculate Juma is an Advocate (of the High Court of Kenya) and a creative whose inclination
towards the arts has largely influenced her practice in areas of law including Intellectual Property
Rights and Mangement, Music and Entertainment Law, Art Law, Privacy and Image Rights,
Software licensing and Employment Law. She completed her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from The
University of Nairobi and has previously worked at Mohammed Muigai Advocates, J. Louis
Onguto Advocates and the Karen Village Arts Cultural and Heritage Centre. Additionally, she
holds a Certificate in Copyright Law from Harvard Law School from the CopyrightX Program; a
distance-learning initiative of Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and
Society.
She has participated in Parliamentary Committee discussions on the Copyright Amendment Bill
2017 and taken part in legal aid clinics conducted in art centers within Nairobi. She is also a
member of the Kenya National Visual Arts Association (KNVAA) Legal and Policy Review team
and the head legal consultant for the Association of Animation Artistes Kenya.
As an artist she has:
 Two Certificates in Colour Theory and Oil Painting from the Buru Buru Institute of Fine
Arts (BIFA);
 Hosted an Arts, Culture and Heritage Exhibition titled “Urembo na Hekima” held at the
National Museums of Kenya from November 2017 to January 2018;
 Been a mentee of Artist Patrick Mukabi, and,
 Exhibited works at the Paa ya Paa Gallery and Kobo Trust.
She is also an alumnus of the ‘Jackson Biko’ masterclass 2018.
Immaculate is currently practicing law whilst also running ArtLawKenya T/A Kulture Shift PLC,
teaching Music Business and Protection of Intellectual Property at Africa Digital Media Institute
(AMDI) Nairobi and works with creatives on diverse areas of law including protection of their
Intellectual Property (IP), IP Management and contract negotiation.

IMMACULATE CATERPULT

"If you’ve got a plane ticket to far far away, she’ll bring the company and her warped sense of humour"
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