We have put together some programs that we believe will give our members and members of the Legal Magnates & Company the full complement of benefits necessary for academic, intellectual and career growth as well as the release of potentials.
Quarterly Rendezvous
The Quarterly Rendevouz established under the auspices of the Legal Magnates International Foundation is a quarterly social get-together aimed at facilitating social interaction and professional networking among members.
The Quarterly Rendevouz which holds 3 times annually is conducted in two States of the federation simultaneously. The two States are Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Additional States will be added as circumstances demand. It is expected that the Quarterly Rendevouz will be conducted in each of the 36 States of the Nigerian Federation and the FCT in due course.
Establishment of the LMC
One of the Foundation’s objectives is the establishment of the Legal Magnates & Company in universities. The Foundation has a vision of establishing a chapter of the Legal Magnates & Company in every university in the world. The process for establishing the Legal Magnates and Company in universities may take an informal approach or high-level formal seminar or symposium which the Foundation will organize in these universities.
Supervision of the LMC
Legal Magnates & Company is supervised generally by the Legal Magnates International Foundation through the National Coordinator. However, the university chapters of the Legal Magnates & Company have Staff Advisers, Patrons and Life Patrons as well as Magnates International (Alumni) who also lend supervisory support to the university chapters.
Clinical Legal Education
Law students cannot read law in theory alone. A more balanced approach to legal education involves both the substantive (theory) and procedural (practical, experiential or clinical) aspects. While we believe that most law school curricula focus on the substantive approach to legal education, our seminars, lectures, and excursions, oratory/debate and moot competitions organized by the Legal Magnates International Limited offer students the
benefits of a qualitative clinical approach to learning the law. Law students have the first-hand opportunity of practical legal knowledge from our interactive sessions with senior members of the bar and the bench.
Annual 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 Limited.
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 the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. The Legal Summit is a gathering of law students who are members of the Legal Magnates & Company in these universities. Those who are not members are also welcomed to participate in this Summit subject to the payment of a differential fee. Also, members of the Foundation and any interested lawyers may also participate in the Summit subject, of course, to the payment of the applicable fees.
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 20 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 Abeokuta, Ogun State (2004) Ikeja, Lagos State (2005) Owerri, Imo State (2006) Abuja, FCT (2007) Port Harcourt, Rivers State (2008) Benin, Edo State (2010) Ilorin, Kwara State (2012) Calabar, Cross River (2013) Uyo, Akwa Ibom (2015) Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State (2016) Akure, Ondo State (2017) Enugu, Enugu State (2018) Osogbo, Osun State (2019) Ibadan, Oyo State (2024) | Theme Ideas Rule the World Power of Dreams Crossing the Rubicon Commanding Global Attention Roadmap to Greater Excellence Soaring to Unprecedented Breakthrough Dream, Direction, Destiny Audientes Diversae (Daring to be Different) Rising Above Standards The Outstanding Advocate A Higher Calling Envoy of Great Light Breaking New Grounds Endless Possibilities |
The 2020 Legal Summit tagged “A Bold Future” which was expected to be held in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria was suspended till further notice because of the outbreak of COVID-19 and political instability.
After five years hiatus, the Legal Summit resumed and was held in the city of Ibadan, Oyo State from May 6 – 11, 2024. The theme of the Summit was “Endless Possibilities”.
Our next Legal Summit for the year 2025 will be held in the city of Asaba in Delta State by popular demand. Details about this Summit will be posted here in due course. For more information and sponsorship, please email: info@legalmagnatesfoundation.org or info@legalmagnates.com. You may also DM on Instagram @legalmagnates.esut, @legalmagnatesoou, @legal_magnates_international, or @lmifoundation.
