This Newsletter issues in February 2022, a few short weeks before the inaugural meeting of the new Council for the CLA. This is an exciting development in the evolution of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. In June of 2021, after careful…
Author : Kimberley Williams For recruitment consultancies, January has typically heralded a surge in demand for new jobs. It may be an unrecognised subconscious connection with those feelings of starting the new year fresh, full of hope and possibilities, or…
”We often talk about young lawyers being the future, but they are in practice now and this is what they are bringing to the table…” We tend to consider young lawyers as the future of the profession. This, in my…
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies has started a two-year project to help raise awareness across the Commonwealth of the multiple needs for the decriminalisation of poverty programme, in support of SDG 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. This project is…
The CLA congratulates our past president (2013-2015) Mark Stephens CBE, on his appointment as Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. Joining existing Co-Chair Anne Ramberg, the Immediate Past Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association, his tenure…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Akpata last Wednesday paid a working visit to Imo State where he held interactive sessions with lawyers and visited judicial officers in the State. The NBA Publicity Secretary, Dr. Rapulu Nduka…
The chief judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, has inaugurated a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations leveled against the Deputy Governor of the state, Mahdi Gusau, by the State House of Assembly. Justice Aliyu constituted the committee on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a Supplementary Budget Proposal of the sum of N2.557 trillion to the National Assembly. The amendment proposal is contained in a six-page letter sent to the House on Tuesday. In the letter, President Buhari is…
By Moshood Olajide Veneration for the territorial integrity of states is a foundational standard rule in international law. This norm is enshrined in international instruments – ranging from the resolutions of the United Nations and regional and bilateral agreements to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad across the country. This comes a day after the arrest of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of…