LAWSAN PAAU, ANYIGBA CHAPTER HOLDS CAREER MENTORSHIP DAY, FOR LAW 
STUDENTS

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The Faculty of Law, Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU – formerly Kogi State 

University), Anyigba, Kogi State, in conjunction with the Law Students’ Association 

of Nigeria (LAWSAN), PAAU Chapter, organized a one-day career mentorship 

programme on Saturday, 29th day of July, 2023 for her law students. The 

Programme was tagged “Bold Transitions in the Legal Profession.” In attendance 

were an array of legal luminaries drawn from the Bar and Bench. The Honourable, 

The Chief Judge and Chairman, Judicial Service Commission, Kogi State, Hon. Justice 

Josiah Joe Majebi, who was represented by Ojoma Rachael Haruna, (AICMC), DCR, 

PRS, Judicial Service Commission, Kogi State, delivered a keynote address and 

declared the ceremony open. The Hon. Chief Judge who was the Special Guest of 

Honour, stated that the theme of the programme was apt within the context of a 

rapidly transiting world and business environment triggered in part by 

revolutionary exploits, expressions of technology and the historic coronavirus 

pandemic. His Lordship emphasized the need for the 21st Century legal practitioner 

to embrace the emerging practice trends and boldly transition with audacity and 

Addressing the theme of the event, the students were urged to be focused in their 

studies, eschew every act of misconduct, including: “get rich quick” mentality, 

entitlement mentality, etc. The opportunities available in the legal profession were 

laid bare to the students with steps needed to be taken in pursuing each

highlighted. The importance of internship at law firms and courts (as assistants to 

Judicial Officers) was brought to the fore.

The Guest Speakers present at the programme were: Mr. J.S. Okutepa, SAN, Mr. 

M.S. Ibrahim, SAN and Mrs. Ojoma Rachael Haruna, Esq. (DCR, Judicial Service 

Commission). While Mr. M.Y. Abdullahi, SAN was brought on the programme to 

address the students virtually. Other Speakers were Prof. D.F. Atidoga, the Deputy 

Vice Chancellor Academics, PAAU, Prof. Benjamin Ogwo, the Director of 

Consultancy Services, PAAU, and Dr. Shedrack Ekpa, The Deputy Dean of Law and 

Head of Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, PAAU. The Dean of Law, PAAU, Prof. Enemaku Obaje expressed the Faculty’s, as well as 

the University’s appreciation to the Guest Speakers, acknowledging the huge 

sacrifices they made to be physically present at the event.

The President of the Law Students’ Association, PAAU Chapter, Miss Ufedojo 

Victory Okoliko, who could not hold back her joy at the success of the programme, 

expressed unreserved appreciation to the Faculty for the opportunity accorded to 

her executive to hold the event and to the invited Guest Speakers, for their 

unquantifiable sacrifices to attend the event. She assured that herself and her 

colleagues are delighted with the express access granted to them for periodic 

mentorship and stated that they will not miss any opportunity to be mentored by 

Part of the highlights of the event was the practical mentorship steps, taken by Mr. 

J.S. Okutepa, SAN in volunteering himself as the Grand Patron of the Students’ Inns 

of Court at the Faculty of Law and the subsequent pronouncement of Chief A.A. 

Malik, SAN, Mr. J.J. Usman, SAN, Mr. M.S. Ibrahim, SAN and Mr. M.Y. Abdullahi, 

SAN as patrons of each of the four Inns of Court, with a further commitment to be 

available for periodic mentorship of law students of PAAU in the practical aspect of 

A cross section of Law Students, who spoke to this reporter at the end of the 

programme expressed their immeasurable joy for the opportunity they had to 

listen to practical issues bothering on the legal profession, as they prepare to 

transition into the profession. They also hope that, such events will hold more frequently.

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