Professor Dan Kuwali practises law under his law firm KD Freeman & Associates where he is the Senior Partner. He is an Extraordinary Professor of International Law at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and Distinguished Professor of International Law and International Relations, University of Lilongwe.

Fellow, Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Senior Fellow, R2P Scholars Network, Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Canada; President of the Governing Council of the African Military Law Forum, Member of the Governing Council of the African Bar Association, He worked a Division Legal Advisor for United Nations (UN) Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).