By Innocent Anaba
President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Okey Wali, SAN, has stressed the need for continuing legal education for lawyers in the country.

He also said that the association was ready for the NBA-Section on Business Law, SBL,  conference starting tomorrow in Lagos.

He expressed optimism and readiness to host lawyers attending the 7th NBA- SBL conference.

The 7th annual conference of the SBL is the first conference of the Section after the expiration of its pioneer chairman and founding father, George Etomi.

In a chat with newsmen, Wali said: “This is one conference   that is very close to my  heart and I am passionate about it. I am set for the conference and with the information available to me, SBL is ready to do us proud. A lot of preparations have gone into it in terms of resource persons, conference materials, security and welfare of lawyers attending it.

“The issue of continuing legal education  is a very important aspect of my administration because that is what makes the lawyer, I am very happy this conference will greatly enrich the knowledge base of every lawyer that attends it and we will equally score the points for  every lawyer that participate in it, it is indeed a must attend for every lawyer.”

Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Dr. Gbolahan Elias, said that  conference  is scheduled to hold from June 16 to 19 at  Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos and the theme of the Conference is,  “The Legal Profession in an Emerging Economy.”

On other features of the conference, he said  “At least two features of this year’s Conference are different. First, there will be a larger number of resource persons based outside Nigeria than there have been in the past. Our Keynote Speaker is Mr. Harold Paisner, the Senior Partner at Berwin Leig.