[Register] Ligal Aid Announces Client Counselling Competition For Bar Aspirants

As part of its plan to introduce law students and young lawyers
to the possibilities of scaling access to justice with technology,
Ligal Aid is organizing a client counselling competition for Bar
Aspirants (who completed the Bar Finals Examination in March 2021).
Dubbed, Legal Aid Client Counselling and Case Management
Competition, the competition will run from Tuesday, 15 June to
Thursday, 17 June 2021.

The competition will be entirely virtual.

The competition will test the knowledge and ability of the
participants to conduct client interviews and chart an appropriate
legal path to a legal problem being faced by an indigent.

Participants will also be tested on their ability to provide
legal assistance to victims and suspects unable to afford legal
help. The writing skills and case management skills of the
participants as teams will also be examined as participants are
expected to prepare legal opinions based on the interviews they
have conducted.

Ligal Aid is a platform that connects lawyers and lawyers with
indigents in need of legal support. The web-based application was
developed via a partnership between Open Law Innovation Network (a
law/tech non-profit) and Crevatal (a technology company).

According to Open Law Innovation Network which is coordinating
the competition, the competition was instituted to give the
participants practical legal experience, especially as the bar
aspirants never had an opportunity for a formal externship
program.

Participants will:

• Be graded on their client interview skills.
• Get to be introduced to the challenges in the Nigerian criminal
  justice system;
• Understand pro bono legal work;
• Get to build individual networks while working with teams and
  under the supervision of experienced lawyers;

The preliminary round will hold on Tuesday, 15 June 2021. Twelve
teams will participate in that round. Only four teams will proceed
to the final which will hold on 17 June 2021. The top three
teams will win financial gifts.

Also, participants in the competition, other Bar Aspirants and
young lawyers will be introduced to information technology law
practice through a Law/Tech class which will hold on Wednesday, 16
June 2021.

The link is below :

www.bit.ly/techlawclass^[1]

As part of its plan to introduce law students and young lawyers
to the possibilities of scaling access to justice with technology,
Ligal Aid is organizing a client counselling competition for Bar
Aspirants (who completed the Bar Finals Examination in March 2021).
Dubbed, Legal Aid Client Counselling and Case Management
Competition, the competition will run from Tuesday, 15 June to
Thursday, 17 June 2021.

The competition will be entirely virtual.

The competition will test the knowledge and ability of the
participants to conduct client interviews and chart an appropriate
legal path to a legal problem being faced by an indigent.

Participants will also be tested on their ability to provide
legal assistance to victims and suspects unable to afford legal
help. The writing skills and case management skills of the
participants as teams will also be examined as participants are
expected to prepare legal opinions based on the interviews they
have conducted.

Ligal Aid is a platform that connects lawyers and lawyers with
indigents in need of legal support. The web-based application was
developed via a partnership between Open Law Innovation Network (a
law/tech non-profit) and Crevatal (a technology company).

According to Open Law Innovation Network which is coordinating
the competition, the competition was instituted to give the
participants practical legal experience, especially as the bar
aspirants never had an opportunity for a formal externship
program.

Participants will:

• Be graded on their client interview skills.
• Get to be introduced to the challenges in the Nigerian criminal
  justice system;
• Understand pro bono legal work;
• Get to build individual networks while working with teams and
  under the supervision of experienced lawyers;

The preliminary round will hold on Tuesday, 15 June 2021. Twelve
teams will participate in that round. Only four teams will proceed
to the final which will hold on 17 June 2021. The top three
teams will win financial gifts.

Also, participants in the competition, other Bar Aspirants and
young lawyers will be introduced to information technology law
practice through a Law/Tech class which will hold on Wednesday, 16
June 2021.

The link is below :

www.bit.ly/techlawclass^[1]