Lawyer of the Month (Aug 2024) – Onyinye Igweonu

Onyinye Igweonu, our Lawyer of the Month of August, takes us on a journey from her days as a law student to her time practising as a young lawyer. She also shares useful tips for law students and young lawyers.   Kindly introduce yourself to our readers. Hello, my name is Onyinye Igweonu. I graduated […]

Lawyer of the Month (Jan 2023) – Mitchell Aghatise

In this edition of our Lawyer of the Month series, we chat with Mitchell, a young legal practitioner who has found his passion in policy and legislative development. He tells us about his journey so far as a lawyer, shares tips on specialisation for young lawyers and discusses the impact of the forthcoming general elections […]

Lawyer of the Month — Chidi Odoemenam

Quite recently, the rate of career mobility has witnessed an exponential rise, especially with more professionals expressing interest in finance and tech roles. Yet, there’s a more nuanced career switch within the legal profession that is quite common but hardly spoken of. We address this issue in our Lawyer of the Month interview with Chidi […]

LAWYER OF THE MONTH — THERESA CHIKWENDU

In this edition of the Lawyer of the Month series, we had a chat with Theresa Chikwendu. She speaks to us about her stellar career trajectory, the distinction that exists in in-house practice, and of course, she leaves perpetual advice for young legal practitioners. Below is the full transcript of our interesting dialogue. Hello Theresa. […]

LAWYER OF THE MONTH — EFEMENA ILUEZI-OGBAUDU

In the very first edition of the Lawyer of the Month series for 2021, we speak to one of the finest young lawyers in SubSaharan Africa. Asides from having massive professional breakthroughs in an uncertain 2020, Efemena Iluezi-Ogbaudu is up to a promising start in 2021. In this interview, we speak about finding his footing […]

LAWYER OF THE MONTH — LINDA ALINDA-IKANZA

Hello Linda. Can we get to know more about you, and what endeared you to the legal profession? I am a lawyer based in Kampala, Uganda. I love the law. I practice it, I teach it, and I innovate it. I knew from as early as grade 5 that I wanted to be a lawyer. […]

LAWYER OF THE MONTH (SEPTEMBER) — VINCENT OKONKWO

Happy Independence Anniversary, Nigeria (we hope we’re not late to the party), and Happy Anniversary to Legal Pages. On the September edition, we speak to Vincent Okonkwo, a Tech Attorney. He gives us his thoughts about judges specialising in niche areas of law, and the achievement fuzz arising from the Covid holidays/work from home period. […]

Lawyer of the Month — Orji Uka

You can heave that sigh of relief now — we’re back with our interview series! And this time, the Legal Pages Interview Series will be hosted monthly. What’s more? We have other amazing things lined up moving forward. For now, simply enjoy our interview with the Legal Pages Lawyer of the Month. This month, we […]

LAWYER OF WEEK – ENIOLA AKINOSO

Can we meet you? My name is Eniola Akinoso. I am an Associate with the Commercial Practice Group at Andersen Tax, Nigeria. I am the initiator of TaxVille, an online content hub that simplifies tax concepts and trends in a creative and relatable manner. I graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG) […]

LAWYER OF WEEK – FOLAKE TAFITA Ph.D

Mothers give us deep insight into the concept of sacrifice. Quite astoundingly, Health Workers do almost as much. The current pandemic has seen medical practitioners stretch to their fullest capacities and at Legal Pages, we very much appreciate the work they do. With this in mind, we featured a health practitioner turned Medical Law Advocate […]