*Says There Are Few Good Lawyers From Nigeria Available To Service International Market

Moray McLaren of the Lexington Consultants in the United Kingdom, has lauded Nigerian Lawyers as being recognized internationally as some of the best lawyers in the global market.

McLaren, disclosed this at the Annual Law Week of the NBA, Lagos Branch which commenced today with the Theme “Disruption, Innovation and the Bar” and held at Shell Hall, MUSON, Onikan, Lagos state.

McLaren noted that the international market and International Clients consider Nigeria to have some of the best lawyers and law firms, and Nigerian lawyers must be confident of this fact.

He however expressed the worry that there are too few of these good lawyers from Nigeria who are available to service the international market.

McLaren added that it is important for Nigerian lawyers to take advantage of technology as that is the direction in which global clients are going.

“It has become a worrying global challenge that young lawyers are not learning the skills for talking to Clients and to address this Law Firms need to put their motivated and intelligent young lawyers forward to meet and be involved with Clients. He added that there should be a reward structure for lawyers who bring innovative ideas to the firm.”

McLaren further noted on the use of technology, that what is required is “Let’s keep it simple!”

He said “We typically have the technology we are not using to the full extent. Let’s explore how to maximize the existing technology in order to meet global need of clients”.