Ebonyi State University To Host Maiden Edition Of The Future Lawyer Series

The Faculty of Law of Ebonyi State University is set to host the
maiden edition of the Future Lawyer Series on Friday, 22 November
2019.

The Future Lawyer Series is an initiative of Desmond
Ogba, a partner at Templars, and it is designed to deal
with issues that have become of increasing concern to prospective
and young lawyers. Issues of employability, career direction,
specialisation, personal development, commercial awareness,
networking, relationship building, making informed decisions on
career paths including branching out of law, mentoring and handling
professional mistakes and setbacks, are constantly on the front
burner of the affairs of prospective and young lawyers.  The
Future Lawyer Series was therefore birthed to provide a platform
for respectable and inspiring seasoned and experienced lawyers to
educate prospective and young lawyers on these issues.

The theme of this year’s Future Lawyer Series is
“Positioning for Relevance in a Globally Competitive
and Fast-Paced Legal Market”, and will feature three
different sessions on; (i) Breaking through in a highly competitive
and dynamic legal market; (ii) Managing Expectations: handling
success, failures and setbacks in the pursuit of career goals; and
(iii) Personal development and commercial awareness by lawyers.

The speakers and panellists are drawn from a mixed pool of
experienced/young and outstanding lawyers some of whom are in
private law practice, the academia and leading multinationals
including Godwin Omoaka (Senior Advocate of
Nigeria and partner at Templars); Reginald Aziza
(triple first class awardee and attorney at Chevron);
Kenneth Okwor (a distinguished Rowan Williams
Scholar and Doctoral Student at the University of Cambridge);
Stanley Nwaeke-Eze (Harvard and Cambridge trained
arbitration and litigation associate at Templars); Chinedum
Umeche (seasoned commercial litigator and Senior Associate
at Banwo & Ighodalo); Uzochukwu Ozoh (an
excellent gas attorney and contracts advisor at Chevron);
Gabriel Nwodo (first class graduate, university
valedictorian and associate at Aelex); Alexander
Ezenagu (Senior Fellow at the International Budget
Partnership, Washington DC, and Assistant Professor at HBK
University, Qatar); Adetola Onayemi (Head, Trade
Remedies and Investigating Authority & Assistant Chief
Negotiator for Nigeria at the Nigerian Office for Trade
Negotiations); Desmond Ogba (Energy, Finance and
Projects Partner at Templars); Prince Nwafuru (key
associate at Paul Usoro & Co); Chukwu Nwani
(renowned energy lawyer and CEO, Kessington Energy Limited);
Solomon Alo (star legal counsel at Seven Energy
International); Collins Ogbu (multiple academic
awardee and associate at Templars); Chioma Omaka;
Chidimma Okwuegbu; and  Rita
Okafor (all first class graduates from the Nigerian Law
School).

The event is supported by Templars, Aelex, Banwo & Ighodalo
and Seven Energy International and is being hosted at no cost to
the attendees.

The Future Lawyer Series is intended to be a periodic event to
be hosted in different parts of Nigeria.