Law Dictionary Editor Organises Quiz Competition for Young Lawyers

In a bid to deepen the culture of reading and knowledge of legal terminologies among young Nigerian lawyers, the Editor of a Nigerian Law Dictionary, Olumide Babalola, has set up an annual national quiz competition for young Lawyers.

The entry for the quiz competition, which will hold on June 1, 2018, will be open strictly for young Lawyers between 0 and 7 years post call on March 10, 2018.

Speaking at a press conference to herald the quiz competition, Babalola said the aim of the competition, is to among others, deepen the knowledge, study and discourse of legal terminologies; serve as another platform for continuing legal education among young Lawyers; reward the study and improved knowledge of legal terminologies among young Lawyers, and serve as an avenue to encourage and improve the welfare of young Lawyers, as there are the prizes to be won, and potential career opportunities open to the successful participants.

Babalola, who is the Editor of ‘Babalola’s Law Dictionary’ said prizes to be won include N250, 000 and one year subscription of electronic Law Report for the overall winner, 2nd winner will take home N150, 000 and hard copies of Law Report, while the 3rd winner will go away with N100, 000, adding that there are consolations prizes, which include Practice Books and journals, for other participants.

According to him, eligible participants which will have to register online by visiting www.bldictionary.com, must have been called to the Nigerian Bar; must have paid Bar practicing fees for 2018, must have paid NBA dues for 2018, and must have purchased a copy of Babalola’s Law Dictionary, since all questions shall be set there from.

Speaking on the Law Dictionary, Babalola, who is a Lagos-based consumer rights Lawyer with 4 law books to his credit, said “Babalola’s Law Dictionary is a compilation of 2130 (two thousand and one hundred and thirty) judicially defined words and phrases,