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Becoming a lawyer doesn’t magically happen when they hand you the certificate. It happens in the daily practice of makin...
26/09/2026

Becoming a lawyer doesn’t magically happen when they hand you the certificate. It happens in the daily practice of making mistakes and pretending you have it all together.

Global Law: Deidre Kalenderian, a specialist in executive compensation and benefits for private equity sponsors and comp...
25/09/2026

Global Law: Deidre Kalenderian, a specialist in executive compensation and benefits for private equity sponsors and companies across M&A, restructurings, IPOs, and other major corporate transactions, has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as a partner in New York.

Department co-heads Jean McLoughlin and Matthew Friestedt highlighted her expertise in complex private equity and restructuring matters as a major enhancement to the firm’s transactional capabilities. Kalenderian—whose notable past representations include advising GTCR on its Worldpay stake acquisition, Hellman & Friedman on acquiring athenahealth, Crescent Point Capital on its acquisition by Ares, and WeWork in its chapter 11 cases, brings extensive experience in structuring executive incentive arrangements, employment contracts, and associated governance, tax, and securities matters. She holds a B.A. summa cm laude from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

"Work hard and people will notice." — A myth told to young lawyers everywhere. For a long time, the legal profession tau...
24/09/2026

"Work hard and people will notice." — A myth told to young lawyers everywhere.

For a long time, the legal profession taught us to let our work speak for itself. But in today’s world, you have to make it easier for people to see you.

From mastering a 30-second introduction to learning the hard lesson of reading the room before pitching, here are a few practical thoughts on how young lawyers can sell themselves with substance and timing.

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Spotlight on Obinna Victor D**e
24/09/2026

Spotlight on Obinna Victor D**e

The CIMA Countdown to 10th Oxford Arbitration Day, United KingdomThe countdown is officially on. There are exactly 65 da...
23/09/2026

The CIMA Countdown to 10th Oxford Arbitration Day, United Kingdom

The countdown is officially on. There are exactly 65 days left until the legal community gathers for the prestigious X Oxford Arbitration Day on November 27, 2026.

Let's break it down: 9 weeks of preparation, 47 weekdays to secure your registration, 18 weekend days before the doors open.

As Gold Sponsor, the Center for International Mediators and Arbitrators (CIMA) is thrilled to champion this exceptional forum for academic excellence and practical legal debate.

Don't let the clock run out on the premier arbitration event of the year.

Join CIMA at Oxford

www.thecima.org

While Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill awaits presidential assent, its core logic already carrie...
22/09/2026

While Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill awaits presidential assent, its core logic already carries major implications: compliance responsibility falls on the party deploying an AI system, not just the model developer.

In this insightful piece, Samuel A. Adesuyi explores what this shift means for tech startups and law firms using third-party AI models. From regulatory overlap with NITDA to professional duties under the RPC 2023 (competence, confidentiality, and candour), discover why legal practitioners and founders shouldn't wait for the bill to pass before setting up AI governance protocols.

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🔗 https://lawverse.com.ng/blog/when-the-deployer-is-you

Liberian environmental lawyer, law professor, and human rights advocate Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell Sr. has been jointl...
21/09/2026

Liberian environmental lawyer, law professor, and human rights advocate Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell Sr. has been jointly awarded the 2026 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy, the world’s most prestigious honor in environmental law. He will be recognized alongside Durwood Zaelke during a ceremony at Pace University in New York City on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Brownell won the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa for protecting Liberia’s tropical rainforests and communities from large-scale palm oil development. He founded Green Advocates International—Liberia’s first public interest environmental law and human rights organization—and served in academic positions at Northeastern, Yale, and Georgetown law schools.

As the Founding President of the Global Climate Legal Defense (CliDef), Brownell builds legal support infrastructure to protect climate activists and defenders globally. Currently, he serves as Lead Campaigner for both the African Climate Platform and the Environmental Rights Africa Coalition, where he is leading efforts to establish a binding regional environmental rights treaty for Africa and petitioning the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion regarding African States' legal obligations in responding to the climate crisis.

“Doing great legal work isn't the same as being great at the job. 5 hard truths every General Counsel eventually learns....
19/09/2026

“Doing great legal work isn't the same as being great at the job. 5 hard truths every General Counsel eventually learns.”

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has launched an investigation following a petition submitted ...
19/09/2026

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has launched an investigation following a petition submitted on July 21, 2026, by over 5,000 National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) law graduates under the "Backlog of Law Graduates of NOUN," who are demanding admission into the Nigerian Law School for Bar training and Call to Bar qualification.

At the investigative hearing on September 16, 2026, neither NOUN nor the Nigerian Law School appeared, though both submitted letters requesting alternative dates due to official engagements. Representatives of the affected graduates, led by Public Relations Officer Chibueze Obochi, argued that as innocent Nigerian citizens, they should not be penalized for inter-agency conflicts between NOUN, the Council of Legal Education (CLE), and the Nigerian Law School. Obochi cited Section 18(1) of the 1999 Constitution regarding equal educational opportunities, maintained that the 2015 admission suspension did not affect already enrolled students with valid matriculation numbers, and clarified that the initial 2019 list of 1,883 graduates submitted "so far" was never meant to cap the university's total output.

NOUN's submission detailed that following a 2015 NUC accreditation visit and subsequent CLE opposition, it stopped new admissions to avoid escalating student numbers while seeking a resolution. After a Body of Benchers approval in 2020 allowed a Special Remedial Programme for an initial batch of 1,973 graduates, NOUN submitted a second batch of 2,226 graduates who finished between 2019 and 2022. However, the CLE rejected this subsequent list, alleging that admissions had continued past 2015 and that the 2019 list was intended to be exhaustive—claims NOUN firmly denies, asserting that the later graduates were simply pre-2015 enrollees finishing at different times. House Committee Chairman on Media and Publicity, Hon. Akin Rotimi, who laid the petition, reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring a fair, lasting resolution to end the graduates' prolonged professional uncertainty.

Seasoned South African attorneys Martha Ngoye and Fani Dingiswayo have launched BlackQuartz Advisory, a black-owned spec...
18/09/2026

Seasoned South African attorneys Martha Ngoye and Fani Dingiswayo have launched BlackQuartz Advisory, a black-owned specialist law firm providing expert counsel to commercial businesses, boards, financial entities, and state bodies.

Spanning practice areas from corporate law, infrastructure, and financial services to public procurement and dispute resolution, the firm centers its model on offering direct access to experienced leaders who possess deep institutional knowledge. Drawing from their extensive backgrounds—including Ngoye's executive leadership roles at PRASA, Transnet, and major banks, alongside Dingiswayo's deep private and in-house experience—the founders leverage their unique perspective from both sides of the attorney-client relationship to deliver practical, defensible advice tailored to real-world operational and governance realities.

Beyond solving complex legal matters, Ngoye and Dingiswayo aim to cultivate a lasting legacy grounded in trust, professional integrity, and meaningful transformation by mentoring the next generation of black lawyers to meet the highest standards of legal excellence. Ultimately, BlackQuartz Advisory plans to expand its footprint nationally and cross-border while dedicating resources to selected pro bono and public interest initiatives.

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