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 Is SANship a burden to Nigeria's justice sector? My experience ................................................ Exactly two weeks ago, I was to appear before Honourable Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court, Lagos for a vacation matter which was urgent in nature and thus required utmost attention of the court to save the life and property of a client.  I arrived court before 9am. I found out that my matter was listed as number nine(9) out of over fifteen (15) matters listed in the causelist for the day. I heaved a sigh of relief praying that God willing, I should be out of the courtroom max 1pm as I had a flight to catch at 3pm; little did I know that I was in for a rude shock. Five Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) showed up in court. Two out of the five were together in one matter representing a party with no SAN on the other side. The other three were in different matters. Few minutes after 9am, the judge entered the courtroom and as usual, the SANs' cases were c...

 NBA-YLF have secured a new educational partnership with UK-based online educator Mediator Academy. The partnership will enable NBA-YLF to provide cost-efficient access to online educational programmes in Alternative Dispute Resolution and help young Nigerian lawyers gain much needed skills and knowledge to meet a rapidly developing, skills-based economy. Mediator Academy, based in London and Dublin, design and develop online programmes in the area of ADR and offer short, credentialed courses as well postgraduate programmes with leading universities. Mediator Academy is a Reconsider Course Provider for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has become the first organisation in Ireland to be able to offer an internationally recognised qualification in Mediation Advocacy.  The partnership will launch its first course: Foundation Certificate in Commercial Mediation - Nigerian Edition, successful completion of which entitles lawyers to join the CIARb at Associate level and use...