NBA Lagos Branch Unveils Theme For #2021 Annual Law Week

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch has unveiled the
theme for its 2021 annual Law week as ‘Disruption, Innovation and
the Bar.’

This theme is apt especially at a time Information technology is
virtually driving major innovations around the world and also
changing the way businesses do things ranging from communication to
Banking & Payments, Education, Transportation etc.

The fast-paced innovation, disruptive solutions, and services
that information technology is bringing about have serious legal
implications for every country including Nigeria.

It is therefore pertinent as Lawyers that we understand the
practice of law in this technological era, how to be positioned and
relevant. The relevance of a lawyer in a developing Nation and the
world at large goes beyond litigation, Lawyers should be aware of
how to gain relevance in a changing world and the challenges to
face.

To give the keynote address on this topic at the annual law week
are HRH Mohammed Sanusi II and Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, Public Policy
Analyst / Senior Economic Advisor, AEDPI.

These speakers will set the tone for the conference by giving an
overview of how technology, innovation and trade liberalisation are
disrupting the practice of law across the globe and what it means
for the Nigerian legal practitioner.

Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, Hon. Attorney-General, Lagos State,
and Mrs. Efe Etomi would formally open the two-day conference of
the NBA Lagos Branch Law Week 2021 with a welcome note.

There would be eight plenary sessions with experts from various
sectors of the economy to discuss issues around national security
and our fundamental rights; creating world-class law firms in
Nigeria; bringing justice delivery in Nigeria Into the 21st
century; and changing Landscape of arbitrator disclosure
obligations.

Other plenary sessions will addresses topics on Financial
Autonomy of the Judiciary: Key to Judicial Independence or Ruse?;
Young Lawyers, Minimum Wage, Brain Drain and Professional
Development; Lawyers Without Borders: Opportunities or Threats? and
Career Development Strategies for Professional Growth.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch has unveiled the
theme for its 2021 annual Law week as ‘Disruption, Innovation and
the Bar.’

This theme is apt especially at a time Information technology is
virtually driving major innovations around the world and also
changing the way businesses do things ranging from communication to
Banking & Payments, Education, Transportation etc.

The fast-paced innovation, disruptive solutions, and services
that information technology is bringing about have serious legal
implications for every country including Nigeria.

It is therefore pertinent as Lawyers that we understand the
practice of law in this technological era, how to be positioned and
relevant. The relevance of a lawyer in a developing Nation and the
world at large goes beyond litigation, Lawyers should be aware of
how to gain relevance in a changing world and the challenges to
face.

To give the keynote address on this topic at the annual law week
are HRH Mohammed Sanusi II and Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, Public Policy
Analyst / Senior Economic Advisor, AEDPI.

These speakers will set the tone for the conference by giving an
overview of how technology, innovation and trade liberalisation are
disrupting the practice of law across the globe and what it means
for the Nigerian legal practitioner.

Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, Hon. Attorney-General, Lagos State,
and Mrs. Efe Etomi would formally open the two-day conference of
the NBA Lagos Branch Law Week 2021 with a welcome note.

There would be eight plenary sessions with experts from various
sectors of the economy to discuss issues around national security
and our fundamental rights; creating world-class law firms in
Nigeria; bringing justice delivery in Nigeria Into the 21st
century; and changing Landscape of arbitrator disclosure
obligations.

Other plenary sessions will addresses topics on Financial
Autonomy of the Judiciary: Key to Judicial Independence or Ruse?;
Young Lawyers, Minimum Wage, Brain Drain and Professional
Development; Lawyers Without Borders: Opportunities or Threats? and
Career Development Strategies for Professional Growth.