YOUNG WIGS CONFERENCE 2021 & YOUNG AFRICAN LAWYERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS (Y.A.L.T) LOCAL CONTENT ROUNDTABLE!
The Young Wigs Conference was birthed in the year 2015 by Inemesit Joy Dike Esq, a legal practitioner and admitted member of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the New York Bar, United States of America. She is an alumnus of the University of Lagos, the Abuja Law school and she has designed the Young Wigs Conference as a platform to bridge the skills gap between young, upwardly mobile Lawyers and the realities of the practice of Law while encouraging innovation and creative skills for effective use of technology in today’s legal sphere.
This Conference is targeted at Lawyers and Law students who are at the bottom of the revenue pyramid. It has become a strong community whose annual highlight is the gathering of young lawyers, learning, sharing knowledge and helping one another.
THE 2021 CONFERENCE: TECHONOMY: WHAT LAW SCHOOL DOESN’T TEACH YOU
The theme “TECHONOMY” combines the word “Technology” and “Economy” .This reflects our ethos that technology is inextricably entwined with the economy of legal practice. This Conference is designed to foster multidisciplinary dialogue for the benefit of 4th and 5th Year Undergraduate law students and students at the Nigerian Law School, Young Lawyers who are between 1-7 Years of Call & Senior Members of the Bar who are interested in evolutions in Law.
Register at www.thelegalconcierge.org/attend
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
On the 27th September, 2021 in Kano, the event kicks of with a serious of virtual workshops from 9am -2pm. Notable international speakers will be giving insights on various aspects of TECHONOMY.
Thereafter, the first Young African Lawyers and Technologists (Y.A.L.T) Local Content Roundtable is scheduled to hold. We would be discussing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and the necessary steps to be taken by young lawyers and technologists. The objective of the Pan-African engagement includes:
• To institutionalize peer review mechanism on local content for law and technology, as a key development imperative for domestication and sustainable growth of Africa’s resources.
• To discuss practical steps to promote intra-African trade by African SMEs and startups through the leveraging of existing opportunities as well as future provisions of the agreement.
• Participants will work on strategic ideas to facilitate urgent engagement between the public and private sectors.
On the 28th September, 2021 ,the focal technical sessions of the Young Wigs Conference is scheduled to take place with outstanding industry leaders within the law, academia, tech industry and in business. Time is between 8am-2pm.
Kindly RSVP to +234 8033010052 and email info@thelegalconcierge.org for more information
Inemesit Dike MCIArb, A.C.I.S
Attorney, Supreme Court, Nigeria & State of New York, USA
Conveneralumnus of the University of Lagos, the Abuja Law school and she has designed the Young Wigs Conference as a platform to bridge the skills gap between young, upwardly mobile Lawyers and the realities of the practice of Law while encouraging innovation and creative skills for effective use of technology in today’s legal sphere.
This Conference is targeted at Lawyers and Law students who are at the bottom of the revenue pyramid. It has become a strong community whose annual highlight is the gathering of young lawyers, learning, sharing knowledge and helping one another.
THE 2021 CONFERENCE: TECHONOMY: WHAT LAW SCHOOL DOESN’T TEACH YOU
The theme “TECHONOMY” combines the word “Technology” and “Economy” .This reflects our ethos that technology is inextricably entwined with the economy of legal practice. This Conference is designed to foster multidisciplinary dialogue for the benefit of 4th and 5th Year Undergraduate law students and students at the Nigerian Law School, Young Lawyers who are between 1-7 Years of Call & Senior Members of the Bar who are interested in evolutions in Law.
Register at www.thelegalconcierge.org/attend
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
On the 27th September, 2021 in Kano, the event kicks of with a serious of virtual workshops from 9am -2pm. Notable international speakers will be giving insights on various aspects of TECHONOMY.
Thereafter, the first Young African Lawyers and Technologists (Y.A.L.T) Local Content Roundtable is scheduled to hold. We would be discussing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement and the necessary steps to be taken by young lawyers and technologists. The objective of the Pan-African engagement includes:
• To institutionalize peer review mechanism on local content for law and technology, as a key development imperative for domestication and sustainable growth of Africa’s resources.
• To discuss practical steps to promote intra-African trade by African SMEs and startups through the leveraging of existing opportunities as well as future provisions of the agreement.
• Participants will work on strategic ideas to facilitate urgent engagement between the public and private sectors.
On the 28th September, 2021 ,the focal technical sessions of the Young Wigs Conference is scheduled to take place with outstanding industry leaders within the law, academia, tech industry and in business. Time is between 8am-2pm.
Kindly RSVP to +234 8033010052 and email info@thelegalconcierge.org for more information
Inemesit Dike MCIArb, A.C.I.S
Attorney, Supreme Court, Nigeria & State of New York, USA
Convener