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Speakers Include George Etomi (FNIALS), Mrs Boma Alabi, (OON, SAN),
Professor D K Derri
The Nembe Se Lawyers
Forum is set to hold a program Session with the theme, "Law Practice Building
In Contemporary Times". This was made known in a statement dated the 8th
of April, 2021, and signed by the Chairman - Law, Human Rights and Development
Committee of the Forum, Iniruo Wills.
The event which is scheduled
to hold on the 3rd of May, 2021, is expected to be held physical and
virtually. The one-day session which is hosted in the Port Harcourt office
complex by Serenity Legal Union and Partners, the illustrious law firm of His
Royal Highness Serena Dokubo-Spiff, Amadabo of Ada-ama, Twon-Brass Kingdom, is
to be graced by high profile speakers, personalities and other stakeholders.
The statement reads:
NEMBE SE LAWYERS FORUM
SESSION ON "LAW PRACTICE BUILDING IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES"
Esteemed Colleagues,
1. Following earlier
notifications on the subject event by our Chairman, Dr A J Beredugo, I present
this brief update and reminder.
2. Law Practice Building in Contemporary Times
was chosen as the theme of the programme after careful consideration. The aim
is to enhance our preparedness and competitiveness - collectively and
individually - in contemporary legal practice and thereby enable us seize or
take advantage of vast opportunities unfolding before us, especially locally
but beyond too. It will also promote NSLF as a virile and beneficial platform,
plus celebrate some of Nembe Se's best legal minds as inspiration for us all
and particularly our young colleagues.
3. The one-day session
is being graciously hosted in their Port Harcourt office complex by Serenity
Legal Union and Partners, the illustrious law firm of His Royal Highness Serena
Dokubo-Spiff, Amadabo of Ada-ama, Twon-Brass Kingdom. Our esteemed royal
colleague expressed a desire to host NSLF members since last year but the
coronavirus pandemic hampered the plan of holding it then.
4. The confirmed Lead
Speaker will be George Etomi (FNIALS), the pioneer Chairman of NBA's Section on
Business Law, who is one of Nigeria's leading commercial lawyers and policy
experts.
5. Other confirmed
Speakers are (I) Mrs Boma Alabi, (OON, SAN), a Nembe Se Lawyer and former
President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association who was also the first black
President of the Female Solicitors Association of England and Wales, and (II)
Professor D K Derri, the current Dean of the Niger Delta University's Faculty
of Law and Nembe Se's first Professor of Law.
6. We are inviting top
executives of public and private corporations of special significance to our
region and needs to interact with us. Examples are NCDMB, NDDC, NIMASA, Brass
Fertilizer, Shell, Aiteo and First E & P. Some of them are expected to be
on a discussion panel around the theme and such sub-themes as "Law in a
Fast Changing World" and "Expanding Opportunities in the Legal Market"
. The Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, the President of
NBA, Judges and National/State Legislators of Nembe Se and our Top Royal
Figures are also being invited.
7. Participation will
be hybrid: physical and virtual (online). Physical attendance is strictly by
invitation, which every member of NSLF is entitled to, whilst attendance online
(by Zoom) will be open to the public for purposes of bringing it into national
and professional reckoning.
8. It promises to be an
A-list session, highly beneficial and historic. Further details will be
provided presently and periodically.
PLS SAVE THE DATE: MONDAY, 3RD MAY 2021
For: Joint
NSLF/SLU&P Planning Team
Iniruo Wills
Chairman - Law, Human
Rights and Development Committee of NSLF
8th April 2021