Professor Amari Omaka Chukwu is a Law Professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and hails from Amasiri Afikpo North Ebonyi State. Omaka is a Professor of Environmental, Water, and Natural Resources Law, and has experience in Academia, the bench, and the bar. In this interview with Grace Egbo , he said belonging to a cult group is not a prerequisite to achieving SAN.
He is currently the Commissioner for Education Tertiary Institutions in Ebonyi State. Can you tell us what it takes to be a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN? One of the rarest feats lawyers can achieve is to become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), because that is the highest position, and that is the dream of every lawyer, be it in academics or advocacy. For you to be a SAN, you must have distinguished yourself either in the practice of law in the law court or in academics, and you must have practised law for more than 10 years; you must have impeccable character because before you are conferred with that title, different NJCs must have been commissioned to investigate you.
You must be of good character, you must have good knowledge of the law to make contributions to the progress of the legal profession either in the courtroom or through publications and you must have demonstrated leadership either as head of chambers, leadership in every aspect, not political leadership but leadership in the area of law that you can lead without rancour and you must be loyal to the legal profession. And as academic, you mu.
