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Retired Associate Justice Wants Refresher Program For Lawyers


  9 Juin      26        Justice (1658),

 

By Comfort M. Johnson

MONROVIA June 8 (LINA) – Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, Philips A. Z. Banks, wants lawyers to have special refresher programs to upgrade the standard of the legal profession and enable them adequately represent their clients.

“Justices have expressed grave disappointment at the quality of representation being made by lawyers to the extent that in some cases, the Supreme Court has to remand cases because of the poor representation made by lawyers and the negative consequences for the clients.

He said “this has made me understand the arguments and challenges in many cases, and have presented confusion even in court, where lawyers have displayed incompetence or utter negligence or disrespect before the Supreme Court or an obvious disregard for the law.”

The Court, he said, as part of its constitutional prerogative to regulate the practice of law, should be able to refer such lawyers to special refresher programs in order to have them upgrade themselves to the standard of the legal profession and to adequately represent their clients.

“I am not yet convinced that the Liberia National Bar Association program meets the standard to leave it strictly to the Bar,” Banks said, adding that the Supreme Court is constitutionally clothed with the authority to superintend such activities as part of regulating the practice of law in the country.

He said the Bar can come up with alternatives to improving the practice of law in the country, and improving the standard of lawyers being admitted to the bar so as to improve the practice of law in the country.

Cllr Bank further stated that mere graduation from the law school is no longer a sufficient reason for eligibility admission to the bar and into the practice of law, pointing out that being a graduate of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law or reputable foreign school a candidate must pass a written examination administered by a committee constituted by the Supreme Court and interviewed before being certified as eligible to be admitted to the Bar.

Cllr Bank spoke Tuesday at the 4th National Judicial Conference held at the Ministerial complex outside Monrovia being held under the theme; The Law, Public Policy, and The Economy.

The Conference is the 4th conference ever since eleven years ago when the late Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis had the 3rd Judicial Conference in 2010.

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