Workshops
2019 Calendar
To download, click link: Second Half 2019 Calendar.
NBA-Write House Joint Workshop on Business and Legal Writing, 22–23 Nov 2018, Port Harcourt
The Nigerian Bar Association (Port Harcourt Branch) invites all lawyers and non lawyers to its workshop on Business & Legal Writing organized in collaboration with The Write House. As today’s clients become increasingly sophisticated, lawyers and nonlawyers who...
THE GREEN SNAIL IN THE OPAQUE BOTTLE: Consumer Rights & Protection Since Donoghue v Stevenson, 24–26 Oct 2018, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos
In Donoghue v Stevenson, Mrs Donoghue went to a café with her friend. The friend bought Donoghue a bottle of ginger beer. She drank it half-way, only to find a snail’s decomposed remains in the opaque bottle. Disgusted, outraged, and sickened, Donoghue successfully...
Brief-Writing Masterclass, 25–28 Sept 2018, Grand Pela Hotel, Durumi, Abuja
When you write as we teach, you will “analyze cogently, organize logically, distill accurately, argue persuasively, cite knowledgeably, punctuate skillfully, and phrase smoothly.” Bryan A. Garner. Brief-Writing Masterclass boasts an unparalleled curriculum of...
Colloquium on Digital Evidence, 5–6 July 2018, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos
Since the new Evidence Act was enacted in 2011, Nigerian courts have been called upon to pronounce on admissibility of electronic evidence. Though section 84 of the Evidence Act governs admissibility of electronic evidence, the courts' interpretation and application...
Uncommon Law of Learned Writing, 9 July 2018, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos
As lawyers, we must not desert cool common sense in our hot pursuit of common law. Uncommon Law of Learned Writing promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law. No...
