The Vice Chairman of NBA Ilorin Branch, Mr. Dhikrullah Adewale Balogun (DAB) has said that Law Practitioner/Practice must be digital.

The Vice Chairman made this intervention during the ongoing YLF one day Continuing Legal Education Seminar. According to him, lawyers in Nigeria and in fact the legal profession must think digital, act digital and draft digital. Law practice world over had gone digital owing to the Covid-19 pandemic which plagued our society.

He said there is the need for the legal profession and her functionaries to embrace digital hearings of court proceedings and digital fillings of court processes for the profession to be seen as ensuring an interplay between ICT and legal practice.

According to him, ICT training should also be infused into the curriculum of Law Faculties and the Nigerian Law School.

He called on the Council of Legal Education and other operators to brass the trail in this area.