ESQ Legal Practice Magazine JUNE 2014 EDITION | Page 73

Lawyers in diaspora, I believe, are well positioned (going by what obtains
in jurisdictions where they practice), to partner with the Council of Legal
Education, the NBA and Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
(NIALS), to structure a functional continuing legal education profile that
will benefit the generality of lawyers in Nigeria. In addition, our lawyers in
diaspora can assist in enhancing the home-based lawyers' understanding
of general legal practice developments in their jurisdictions and viceversa.
Education