Chief Gadzama, SAN, Chairman of Body of Benchers Mentoring Committee for Young Lawyers commended the ingenuity of the current administration of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) led by Olumide Akpata, Esq., President NBA for its continuous positive impacts in the professional sphere of its members through the partnership of the NBA with Law Pavilion.

This came after the NBA made known to the public of its arrangement with Law Pavilion regarding free subscription for Young lawyers and subsidized rates for Senior Lawyers of “Primsol”, a legal research tool largely used by lawyers. The partnership was borne in a bid to alleviate the subscription of lawyers to legal research platforms, advancing legal research and adding suitable values to its members by the Akpata led administration. The concluded partnership of the NBA cuts across all members of the NBA with a one-year subscription for Young Lawyers covering members who are between 1 to 7 years post call and who paid their Bar Practicing Fees on or before 31 March 2021.

The learned Silk implored members of the NBA to take due advantage of this great opportunity afforded to lawyers and urged young lawyers specifically to always pay their Bar Practicing Fees as this innovation by the Akpata led administration is beneficial to Young Lawyers who had paid their Practicing Fees on or before 31 March 2021. Chief Gadzama, SAN also noted that the current regime of the NBA truly has the very interests of its members at heart most especially that of the Young Lawyers.

The said partnership with Law Pavilion will become operational on Monday 23rd August 2021. To activate your package, please click HERE for a step-by-step approach. For any inquiries or complaints, kindly send an e-mail to _nbaprimsol@nigerianbar.org.ng

Lawyers who fall into this category and who wish to benefit from this arrangement can indicate their interest by signing up on the Primsol portal (here) that has been set up on the NBA website for this purpose. Such interest should be indicated no later than 6 October 2021.

The benefits of the Primsol subscription to members include:

• 62 Years Consolidated Index of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Judgments; • Supreme Court Cases & Court of Appeal Cases from 1960 till Date; • Legal Analytics: Identifies locus classicus, conflicts & exceptions, oldest and latest authorities on any issue of law Laws of the Federation, Annotated with Relevant Cases; • Civil Procedure Rules of the Courts; • Regulations, Rules and Guidelines of MDAs and Regulatory Bodies; • Precedent Forms and Agreements Templates with Insight Notes; • Court Forms with Pre-Filled Samples and Insight Notes; • Arbitration Rules; • Commercial Judgments of Federal High Court and State High Courts; • National Industrial Court Judgments; • Tax Appeal Tribunal Judgments; • Words in Gold: Special Compilation of Pronouncements of each Justice of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal; • WhatsApp Integration – Ability to access Law Reports and conduct Legal; • Research via WhatsApp.

The discounted rates as negotiated for Senior Lawyers are as follows:

• 8-15 Years Post call – N3,000 (Three Thousand Naira Only) • 16-30 Years Post Call – N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira Only) • 31 – 40 Years Post Call – N15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Naira Only) • 41 Years and above + SAN – N25,000 (Twenty-Five Thousand Naira Only).