Legal Summit

Since 2004, the Legal Magnates & Company has been organizing an annual Legal Summit. The responsibility for the organization of the annual Legal Summit is now on the Legal Magnates International Foundation and partly on the Legal Magnates International. The Legal Summit is a week-long program in a designated State or city in Nigeria. This is a time of active engagements with senior lawyers and some of the finest judges in the country. There is also a window for connecting with politicians and having the opportunity of asking questions on the state of our union as a country. The Legal Summit also encourages social and extra-curricular activities. Apart from Olabisi Onabanjo University, there is a chapter of the Legal Magnates & Company at Babcock University and Enugu State University of Science and Technology. There are also surrogates of the Legal Magnates & Company at Afe Babalola University, Baze University, and Obafemi Awolowo University. The Legal Summit is a gathering of law students who are members of the Legal Magnates & Company in these universities and interested lawyers who were members of the Legal Magnates & Company when they were students.

We intend, by the annual organization of the Legal Summit, to travel round the Federation of Nigeria within the next 25 years. Nigeria has 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (“FCT”). The idea of the Legal Summit is that it would be held annually in one of the 36 States or the FCT. Over the last 15 years, the Legal Summit has been organized in 11 States and the FCT leaving us with a remainder of 25 more States to cover hopefully within the next 25 years. The Legal Summit has been held in the past as shown below:

            Summit State & Year                          Theme

            Abeokuta, Ogun State (2004)                Ideas Rule the World

            Ikeja, Lagos State (2005)                       Power of Dreams

            Owerri, Imo State (2006)                        Crossing the Rubicon

            Abuja, FCT (2007)                                  Commanding Global Attention 

            PH, Rivers State (2008)                          Roadmap to Greater Excellence

            Benin City, Edo State (2010)                   Soaring to Unprecedented Breakthrough

            Ilorin, Kwara State (2012)                        Dream, Direction, Destiny

            Calabar, Cross River (2013)                    Audientes Diversae (Daring to be Different)

            Uyo, Akwa Ibom (2015)                          Rising Above Standards

            Ekiti, Ekiti State (2016)                           The Outstanding Advocate

            Akure, Ondo State (2017)                       A Higher Calling

            Enugu, Enugu State (2018)                    Envoy of Great Light

            Osogbo, Osun State (2019)                    Breaking New Grounds

The 2020 Legal Summit will be held in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria from Sunday, March 22 – Sunday, March 29, 2020. The theme of the Summit is “A Bold Future“. The highlights of the Kano Summit include a meeting with the Chief Judge of Kano State, a visit to the Kano State Governor’s office and House of Assembly, and an interactive session with the Emir of Kano. There will also be a tour of the beautiful city of Kano as well as a trip to Gidan Dan Hausa Museum and Kano State Cultural Centre.