A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Prof. Epiphany Azinge, has said 100,000 practising lawyers are not enough for the nation’s population.

Speaking yesterday at a forum to announce the 42nd anniversary of the Law School class of 1980, which began Sunday with a thanksgiving service, he decried the falling standard of legal education, blaming it on poor education foundation, particularly at the primary and secondary school levels.

As part of the programme, the set would institute an award with a N5 million seed money.

The body said the best male and female students would be recognised yearly and compensated from the accrued interest.

“The prize might not be in money worth, rather, the awareness that I am one of the best graduating students can send one to any other university across the world for higher studies. The most important thing is that in that particular prize, the name of Nigerian Law School class of 1980 would be reflected as the donor, and that is what we are trying to achieve,” he clarified.

Chairman, Organising Committee of the one-week event and erstwhile Secretary, National Judicial Service Commission, Bilkisu A. Bashir, reiterated the importance of the activities lined up by the team.

According to her, the set has lost 101 of about 500 members, adding that it was necessary for them to give back to the school.