Three professors, 35 others named SAN | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
5th July 2019
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee at the Supreme Court has elevated three professors along with 35  Nigerian lawyers as Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
The committee named the new senior lawyers at its 138th meeting which held on Thursday, 4th July.
EduCeleb.com reports that the body meets annually to promote lawyers to the highly-coveted status that often confers special privileges to holders, including prioritised call of their cases.
Among the new senior lawyers, whose promotion would be confirmed in September, include Professor Alphonsus Oko Alubo, Professor Mamman Lawan and Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze.
Among the lawyers named were Nigeria’s solicitor-general, Dayo Apata, and rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.
Below is the full list of the new senior advocates: