Habeeb Olokooba reports
The Caliphate Law Clinic of Faculty of Law, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has held a client interview competition for the law students.
The competition, which took place at the Moot Court Complex of the faculty, was concluded on Saturday, 24th June after the first round on Friday, 23rd June 2023.
The first round, which was stated for 15 minutes per team, led to the elimination of
Team A and Team C while team B, D, E and F advanced to the semi finals.
Team F later emerged as the champions of the competition after beating Team B in the final.
While speaking with the News Digest Press, the Director of Programs for the Clinic, Shamsudeen Sheu said the competition was aimed at grooming the participants into becoming better listeners and in order to aid them in applying the law into problems brought by their clients.
“Client interview is part and parcel of what lawyers will be doing after graduation. The earlier you get used to it the better for you,” he said.
Shamsudeen added that, “The winning team will be representing the faculty in the national client interview which hosts counsels from different universities in Nigeria.”