The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) have referred to as for purposes for the 2027 spherical of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank conferment.
The committee invited eligible candidates in a press release posted by way of the Supreme Court’s X deal with on Wednesday.
The application portal will open at midnight on 1 November, the discover stated.
It additionally set software charges at N5 million for attorneys in personal apply and N2.5 million for these in authorities service.
It mounted 31 January 2027 as software deadline.
The rigorous choice course of takes months and the profitable candidates are often introduced in July.
The rank is conferred on profitable candidates yearly through the ceremony marking the graduation of the brand new authorized 12 months of the Nigerian Supreme Court, between September and October.
What candidates should do
According to LPPC’s discover for contemporary purposes, candidates should pay the non-refundable payment into designated accounts with Zenith Bank (1014103141) or Guaranty Trust Bank (0213662834).
The discover stated candidates should add proof of cost to the portal and wait for a affirmation electronic mail from the LPPC Secretariat earlier than finishing their purposes.
The committee directed all candidates, together with advocates and lecturers, to add clear copies of the necessary and supporting paperwork listed in its 2022 tips. Each applicant should additionally submit 5 flash drives containing the finished software kind downloaded from the portal and copies of all paperwork uploaded on-line.
Academic candidates are moreover required to add scanned copies of their printed works and submit seven photocopies every of their curriculum vitae and influence statements. These have to be delivered alongside the flash drives.
The deadline for on-line purposes is midnight on 31 January 2027, whereas the flash drives should attain the LPPC Secretariat by 4 p.m. on 1 February.
“Any submission made after the deadlines stipulated in clause 2.7 above shall be treated as a non-submission,” the committee warned.
The train is being performed below Section 5(2) of the Legal Practitioners Act and Paragraphs 10(1) to 10(4) of the committee’s 2022 tips for the conferment of the rank.
The discover was signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Akanbi.
The announcement comes weeks after Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun swore in 68 new SANs on the Supreme Court in Abuja on 12 October, throughout a particular session marking the beginning of the 2026/2027 authorized 12 months.
The recipients comprised 67 advocates and one educational, Nnamdi Obiaraeri, a professor.
The LPPC, chaired by the CJN and operates below the executive construction of the Supreme Court, had authorized their elevation at its 174th plenary session in Abuja in July.
The SAN rank
The SAN rank, conferred on certified lawyera yearly, is a prestigious mark of distinction reserved for attorneys who’ve been referred to as to the Nigerian bar for a minimum of 10 years and adjudged to have contributed remarkably to the event of the Nigerian regulation.
Equivalent to the King’s Counsel (KC) or Queen’s Counsel (QC) rank within the United Kingdom, the SAN title is very coveted recognition which comes with privileges, together with granting recipients the proper of first viewers and the excellence of sporting silk robes.
It recognises excellence within the authorized occupation below two classes – advocacy and lecturers, every with normal and peculiar standards candidates should meet to be conferred the rank
The standards are enumerated within the LPPC’s 2022 Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Other Related Matters.
Under the overall necessities, the applicant is predicted to have a minimal of 10 years post-call standing on the Nigerian Bar and reveal flawless ethical character, good demeanor, and nil pending disciplinary issues.
Also monetary compliance is necessary, requiring constant, well timed cost of Bar Practicing Fees and native NBA dues, alongside legitimate tax clearance certificates for the previous three years.
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Candidates should additionally preserve a well-equipped, trendy regulation workplace that includes a typical authorized library, digital infrastructure, full-time junior counsel, and help employees, whereas offering proof of professional bono service.
Category-specific necessities for advocates observe embrace necessary quota of licensed, contested ultimate judgements dealt with as lead counsel or key advocate throughout superior courts of file, on this case, trial High Courts, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.
Applicants are are also subjected to confidential judicial references and bodily chambers inspections.
For educational observe, candidates have to be lecturers who’ve distinguished themselves and have made important contribution to authorized scholarship and jurisprudence by way of instructing, analysis, printed works and educational management.
Such applicant should additionally possess substantial portfolio of peer-reviewed books, scholarly journal articles, and instructing credentials.
Section 9 of the rules limits the variety of these that may be appointed SAN below the educational class in a 12 months to “not more than one”.
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