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A Lagos-based lawyer and author, Olumide Babalola, has bemoaned what he termed the neglect of young lawyers by the old and established legal practitioners in the country.
He said it was time that the leadership of the Bar did more than pay lip service to the welfare and mentorship of the young practitioners.
The lawyer said this was the inspiration behind the ‘Babalola’s Law Dictionary Quiz Competition for Young Lawyers,’ which he inaugurated last year.
He explained that the annual competition, which is based on The Babalola’s Law Dictionary of over 2000 judicially-defined words and phrases, authored by him, was to encourage reading among young lawyers and reward them for same.
In a chat with journalists last week in Lagos, Babalola explained that the competition was open to lawyers between zero to five years at the Bar.
Up for winning are N250,000 and electronic law report for the winner; N150,000, for the first runner-up; N100,000 for the second runner-up, while other finalists will be rewarded with various consolation prizes.
Babalola said, “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.
“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.”
The author explained that entry for the quiz competition opened January 1 and would close on February 28, adding that interested young lawyers should visit www.bldcompetition.com.
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He said it was time that the leadership of the Bar did more than pay lip service to the welfare and mentorship of the young practitioners.
The lawyer said this was the inspiration behind the ‘Babalola’s Law Dictionary Quiz Competition for Young Lawyers,’ which he inaugurated last year.
He explained that the annual competition, which is based on The Babalola’s Law Dictionary of over 2000 judicially-defined words and phrases, authored by him, was to encourage reading among young lawyers and reward them for same.
In a chat with journalists last week in Lagos, Babalola explained that the competition was open to lawyers between zero to five years at the Bar.
Up for winning are N250,000 and electronic law report for the winner; N150,000, for the first runner-up; N100,000 for the second runner-up, while other finalists will be rewarded with various consolation prizes.
Babalola said, “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.
“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.”
The author explained that entry for the quiz competition opened January 1 and would close on February 28, adding that interested young lawyers should visit www.bldcompetition.com.
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