We build augments from facts, entrenched them with evidence and
stir perceptional differences to achieve the pursuit of
believability, so, the listener or reader is let out to be the
judge of what he makes of it. Facts are sacred, evidences are
pointers, as prove draws its relevance from both the former and the
latter. It’s on this premise that I wish to share facts and views
about the just concluded 2017 NBA conference.
You may have noticed that I wrote an article before the
conference wherein I called on the leadership of the NBA to use
this year’s conference to address matters facing the common man in
the Nigerian society since the judiciary is the last hope of the
common man. I still relish in that thought as it remains
incontrovertible. My argument was centred principally on the
content and programmes of the conference which I read through
before the conference. I did argue, seemingly that challenges
confronting the common man ought to have captured holistically more
issues of socio-economic relevance.
All the the same, I attended the conference and I was glad I
did, not because the content of the conference was superb but
because the methods and systems deployed in the organisation by the
planning committee was wonderful. The venue was the Landmark Event
Centre, Lekki, Lagos South – West Nigeria. The conference venue had
the ambiance of class, with a world class architectural edifice and
a location along a sea shore; the event was well attended by
lawyers and non lawyers alike.
First, the NBA under the leadership of A.B Mahmoud promised all
conferencees a tablet which they delivered except for few cases of
lawyer who have not gotten the said conference material. NBA made
history with this feet. A larger part of conferees had enormous
doubt with respect to the tablet delivery but our fears were
allayed when the call was made that lawyers should go and pick up
their tablets.
At the conference, the speakers made remarkable impact
especially at the syndicated sessions where conferencees broke into
sessions for specific speakers on different areas of legal cum
extra – legal issues. I attended a session on ‘the essence of a
strong legal brand.’ Leke Alder of Alder Consulting thinks the law
that prohibits lawyer from advertising is obsolete as the world
through the social media has attain far- reaching status and the
laws should not keep lawyers down while trying to play a catch up.
‘The legal market is bigger than what we are pursuing and so we
must make law cross – functional and cross – cultural’, he
said.
I equally agree when the speaker said lawyers should use the
social media to advance their practice while he called on the NBA
to join forces to call for the amendment of the Rules of
Professional Conduct, 2007.
The conference organisers and planning committee went all out,
from using the Bus Rabid Transport (BRT) to convey conferencees to
adequate feeding of delegates. The ushers were the best of it all
in that I had to ask one of the organisers where they got those
ushers from. They were very respectful, kind and friendly. They
comported themselves and delivered swiftly at all point with smiles
on their faces. They were out of this world!
Parties time was fun filled as networking was made easy given
the atmosphere, planning and organisation.
In conclusion, this year’s conference was a great success, but I
still insist that NBA conferences should not be made an elitist
enterprise. There must be considerable reflection on the plight of
Nigerians vis-a- vis the society. This year, the houses of judges
were raided, kidnappers became more daring, militancy grew
stronger, fulani herdsmen killed recklessly, insurgents attacked
IDPs , ritualist went on rampage and the gory stories are endless.
These should have formed the crux of this year’s conference if the
judiciary is truly the last hope of the common man.
We build augments from facts, entrenched them with evidence and
stir perceptional differences to achieve the pursuit of
believability, so, the listener or reader is let out to be the
judge of what he makes of it. Facts are sacred, evidences are
pointers, as prove draws its relevance from both the former and the
latter. It’s on this premise that I wish to share facts and views
about the just concluded 2017 NBA conference.
You may have noticed that I wrote an article before the
conference wherein I called on the leadership of the NBA to use
this year’s conference to address matters facing the common man in
the Nigerian society since the judiciary is the last hope of the
common man. I still relish in that thought as it remains
incontrovertible. My argument was centred principally on the
content and programmes of the conference which I read through
before the conference. I did argue, seemingly that challenges
confronting the common man ought to have captured holistically more
issues of socio-economic relevance.
All the the same, I attended the conference and I was glad I
did, not because the content of the conference was superb but
because the methods and systems deployed in the organisation by the
planning committee was wonderful. The venue was the Landmark Event
Centre, Lekki, Lagos South – West Nigeria. The conference venue had
the ambiance of class, with a world class architectural edifice and
a location along a sea shore; the event was well attended by
lawyers and non lawyers alike.
First, the NBA under the leadership of A.B Mahmoud promised all
conferencees a tablet which they delivered except for few cases of
lawyer who have not gotten the said conference material. NBA made
history with this feet. A larger part of conferees had enormous
doubt with respect to the tablet delivery but our fears were
allayed when the call was made that lawyers should go and pick up
their tablets.
At the conference, the speakers made remarkable impact
especially at the syndicated sessions where conferencees broke into
sessions for specific speakers on different areas of legal cum
extra – legal issues. I attended a session on ‘the essence of a
strong legal brand.’ Leke Alder of Alder Consulting thinks the law
that prohibits lawyer from advertising is obsolete as the world
through the social media has attain far- reaching status and the
laws should not keep lawyers down while trying to play a catch up.
‘The legal market is bigger than what we are pursuing and so we
must make law cross – functional and cross – cultural’, he
said.
I equally agree when the speaker said lawyers should use the
social media to advance their practice while he called on the NBA
to join forces to call for the amendment of the Rules of
Professional Conduct, 2007.
The conference organisers and planning committee went all out,
from using the Bus Rabid Transport (BRT) to convey conferencees to
adequate feeding of delegates. The ushers were the best of it all
in that I had to ask one of the organisers where they got those
ushers from. They were very respectful, kind and friendly. They
comported themselves and delivered swiftly at all point with smiles
on their faces. They were out of this world!
Parties time was fun filled as networking was made easy given
the atmosphere, planning and organisation.
In conclusion, this year’s conference was a great success, but I
still insist that NBA conferences should not be made an elitist
enterprise. There must be considerable reflection on the plight of
Nigerians vis-a- vis the society. This year, the houses of judges
were raided, kidnappers became more daring, militancy grew
stronger, fulani herdsmen killed recklessly, insurgents attacked
IDPs , ritualist went on rampage and the gory stories are endless.
These should have formed the crux of this year’s conference if the
judiciary is truly the last hope of the common man.