Nigeria’s legal education system requires greater exposure to practical courtroom advocacy to better prepare aspiring lawyers for professional practice, according to Etigwe Uwa Etigwe, SAN, founding partner of Streamsowers & Köhn (SSK), as Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) emerged winner of the firm’s inaugural Moot Court Competition held in Lagos.
The competition, organised to commemorate SSK’s 20th anniversary, brought together law faculties from across the country in an advocacy contest designed to test participants’ legal research, written advocacy and oral argument skills.
Seventeen universities from Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones participated in the competition by submitting written memorials on a hypothetical legal dispute spanning multiple areas of law. Following a blind assessment conducted by independent legal academics, five institutions advanced to the final stage.
The finalists were the University of Calabar, University of Lagos, University of Abuja, Bayero University, Kano, and Obafemi Awolowo University, with OAU and BUK progressing to the championship
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