‘Why we introduced quiz competition for young lawyers’

The Babalola’s Law Dictionary Quiz Competition for Young Lawyers
was introduced “to inspire young lawyers to read”, the founder Mr
Olumide Babalola has said.

The competition, in its second edition, is open to lawyers
between zero to five years at the Bar.

It is based on The Babalola’s Law Dictionary of over 2000
judicially defined words and phrases, authored by Babalola.

“By institutionalising this annual competition, we seek to
deepen the knowledge, study and discourse of legal terminologies
among young lawyers, serve as another platform for continuing legal
education, and reward the study and improved knowledge of legal
terminologies among young lawyers.

“We also seek to serve as an avenue to encourage and improve the
welfare of young lawyers especially by the prizes to be won and
potential career opportunities open to successful participants,” he
said.

At a briefing in Lagos on this year’s edition, Babalola said the
qualifying rounds will hold in March, to be followed by the grand
finale on June 7 in Lagos.

Ten finalists will contest for N250,000/electronic law report,
N150,000 and N100,000 as first, second and third prizes, and there
will be consolation prizes.

“Young lawyers have been neglected for a while. All we do is
just talk, no action. So, I decided to set up a competition through
which young lawyers will be inspired to read,” he said.

Besides, it is an avenue through which senior lawyers can
empower their younger colleagues through the competition’s
sponsorship, the lawyer added.

“Hopefully in the third edition we’ll begin to increase the
prizes. It’s a journey. This is what the public needs to support,”
he said.

Entries, which opened January 1, will end on February 28 and can
be submitted through bldcompetition.com.

Temidayo Adewoye of Perchstone & Graeys won the first edition
last June.

Babalola, author of three law books, is the Managing Partner at
Olumide Babalola LP and is renowned for his public interest
litigations.

Culled from TheNation