To enhance the development of practice-ready lawyers that can contribute meaningfully to the social and economic development of the nation, the Legal Education Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for increased funding for legal education in Nigeria.
 
At the inaugural regional townhall workshop on legal education held at the Imo State University, Owerri, the stakeholders also demanded the review of legal education in Nigeria to meet global standards, emphasising the need to revise the curriculum and leverage technology to enhance legal education. 
 
The stakeholders include the host of the event, the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU), Prof. Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze, Chairman of the NBA-LEC Regional Townhall Workshop Series, Prof. Chimezie Kingsley Okorie, law teachers and students across universities in the Southeast.
   
It would be recalled that, as part of the NBA’s efforts to enhance legal education and practice in Nigeria, its President, Afam Osigwe, had inaugurated the Legal Education Committee (NBA-LEC) under the leadership of Prof. Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD). 

The mandate is to promote and advance functional legal education in Nigeria, especially through training sessions and conferences on modern teaching approaches. 
  
However, in exercising this mandate, the NBA-LEC introduced the Regional Townhall Workshop on Legal Education Series with the maiden edition held at Imo State University, Owerri. The workshop recorded a huge turnout of more than 300 attendees.

Four institutions delivered presentations on the state of legal education in Nigeria: Abia State University, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Imo State University, and Enugu State University of Science and Technology.