UNIZIK Faculty of Law Wins Award of Excellence at NALT’s 57th Annual Conference

The Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has received the Award of Excellence in Recognition of Outstanding Participation at the 57th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT), held at the University of Benin, Edo State.

The conference, themed “Legal Education, Emerging Technologies and the Challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals,” attracted more than 1,000 law teachers from university faculties of law across Nigeria, colleges of law and the Nigerian Law School.

UNIZIK recorded the highest staff participation at the conference, with more than 52 lecturers from its Faculty of Law subscribing to and actively participating in the technical sessions.

The award was presented by the Chairman of the NALT Board of Trustees, Professor Ademola Popoola, and received on behalf of the faculty by its Sub-Dean, Dr Ejike Francis Okaphor, an Associate Professor of Law.

Other faculty members who attended the conference included Rev. Sr. Dr Anita Nwotite, Head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law; Professor Ikenga K. E. Oraegbunam, a member of the UNIZIK Governing Council; Professor Beatrice N. Okpalobi; Professor Uzoamaka Eze; Dr Chinyelu Emechebe; Promise Green; Vivian Arinze, Esq.; and other lecturers from the faculty.

In a related development, the former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Meshach Nnama Umenweke, received the prestigious Teslim Elias Long Service Award in recognition of his more than 25 years of teaching law and his contributions to legal education in Nigeria.

The university management congratulated the current Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Felicia Anyogu, and the entire faculty for the achievement. It also expressed appreciation to NALT for recognising the faculty’s participation and contributions to legal education.