The Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello has advocated for continuous education for lawyers, particularly in the use of English Language.
Bello stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) stamp and affinity products.
The Acting Chief Judge said that it was becoming rather irritating for lawyers to appear before a judge and continuously mix up their tenses in trying to present their cases.
He observed that the declining standard of lawyers could be noticed in the quality of legal practice, where a lawyer stands from the bar saying ‘’I didn’t did it’’ or ‘’ I saw them passes’’.
He urged the leadership of the NBA to do more to further encourage the continued education of lawyers, saying the trend was becoming quite irritating.
“All lawyers must go through what is called Language Usage Course (LUC); all lawyers must be exposed to the dynamics of global evolving legal landscape,” he said.
He added that the only way lawyers could keep up was for the association to continuously encourage them to learn.
He also urged the older lawyers to provide guidance to the younger ones.
Similarly, the Chief Judge of Borno, Justice Kashim Zanna, reiterated Bello’'s call, saying that it was quite embarrassing for lawyers to find it difficult to present their cases in good English language.
Zanna also encouraged the NBA to quickly organise the training, saying that the continuous use of bad English by some lawyers in court was robbing off on all lawyers.http://newsexpressngr.com/news/detail.php?news=10808&title=Chief-Judge-advocates-English-Language-lessons-for-lawyers

That is what we call 'legal grammatical mishap', lols

Welrez:
That is what we call 'legal grammatical mishap', lols

That can also be called a punditivious mentacholimigific bootattaa.....don't bother to check the dictionary.

Imagine!

Welrez:
It's quite embarrassing for a lawyer to flunk in English, especially in court. It's akin to a physicist getting his maths wrong.

Exactly that is a lynicholifigious mudanific penduligra.

wakacome:
That can also be called a punditivious mentacholimigific bootattaa.....don't bother to check the dictionary.

It's quite embarrassing for a lawyer to flunk in English, especially in court. It's akin to a physicist getting his maths wrong.

LaRoyalHighness:
Imagine!

That should be the name of a person,animal,place or things.

This Judge sef
Even in Nairaland, I have suggested that basic proficiency test be conducted for new members.
‘’I didn’t did it’’ or ‘’ I saw them passes’’....bombastic grammar
This government's educational system sef

Keneking:
This Judge sef

Leave Judge na Jona cause am. Jona oooooo!

AND DEM NO GO GREE US HEAR WORD WITH THEIR"LEARNED FELLOW ABI NA COLLEAGUE" CRAP