The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will swear-in 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on Monday, September 23, 2019, at the main Courtroom of the Supreme Court.
A statement by the Director, Press, and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande said, the swearing-in ceremony is one of the several programmes lined up to herald the 2019/2020 legal year of the apex Court.
As customary, during such programmes, the CJN will deliver a state-of-the Judiciary address which highlights the performance of the Supreme Court, and by extension, the Nigerian Judiciary in the outgoing 2018/2019 legal year.
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The statement recalled that out of the 117 legal practitioners that applied for the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2019, 38 were successful at the end of the rigorous exercise.
Out of this number, the statement said three are academics while 35 are advocates.
The Supreme Court commenced its annual vacation after a remarkably successful 2018/2019 legal year on Monday 29 July 2019.
All the programmes billed to mark the commencement of the new legal year are to start at 10:am, Akande added in the statement.