This unit is responsible for providing legal support on various issues; indexing, filing, and registering government/institute notices and all other legal documents and ensuring their safe custody; compiling evidence relevant for court cases involving the institute; attending to the registration of all legal documents and probate matters; taking charge of documents and correspondences of already assigned cases; dealing with all legal routine correspondences addressed to the institute; and filing and appearing for criminal proceedings in courts.

The unit is also responsible for representing the Institute in more complex legal actions in collaboration with the Solicitor General; participating in negotiations for writing up general contracts pertaining to such leases and transfer of properties with outside parties; handling, negotiating, and drafting commercial contracts and other legal instruments; being the Secretariat to the Board of Directors and following up on the implementation of Board directives; and liaising with the Parent Ministry and the Attorney General’s Chambers on legal matters related to TAWIRI.