H. Uchenna Okoronkwo

N U L A I Network of University Legal Aid Institutions Website: www.nulainigeria.org REPORT OF THE 4TH NIGERIAN CLIENT INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELLING SKILLS COMPETITION ORGANISED BY NETWORK OF UNIVERSITY LEGAL AID INSTITUTIONS (NULAI) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AND HELD AT THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU CAMPUS ON NOVEMBER 28 & 29, 2008. OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION The competition is aimed at promoting greater knowledge and interest among Law Students and Lawyers in developing interviewing, planning, analytical and preventive (ADR) skills in the Lawyer-Client relationship in office. The competition serves as an advocacy platform for promoting clinical legal education and access to justice and provides an opportunity for valuable educational and cultural interchange amongst students, law teachers and legal practitioners. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS DAY 1: 27th Nov, 08 Arrival of Participants DAY 2: 28th Nov, 08 8.00 – 9.00am: Registrati...

DRINK DRIVING INITIATIVES (A Situation Assessment of Drink Driving in Kano State – Nigeria ) By Uchenna H. OKORONKWO. The World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank “World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention” has identified drink driving as a leading contributor to traffic crashes globally. Nigeria, a member of the International Community, is made up of 36 States with a Federal Capital- Abuja. Kano State is one of such states. The need to map out best strategies towards reducing the increasing profile of accidents caused by being drunk while driving on the Nigeria roads necessitated this “Situation Assessment”. The Assessment took me round the Centre of Commerce in an effort to identify what the situation on ground is as well as the necessary steps to take in order to arrest it situation. Before  I relate the encounters I had with relevant agencies charged with the responsibility of ensuring safety on the roads and enforcement of laws forbidding drink divin...