Judiciary, academics partnership’ll boost judgment quality –CJN

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, said on Monday that partnership of the judiciary with the academics would help to boost the quality of judgments delivered by judges and the development of the judicial system.

She said it would not only build judges’ intellectual capacity but it would also improve legal practice in Nigeria.

Mukhtar spoke while declaring open the week-long Annual Scholarship Festival of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies  in Lagos.

She said, “The need for a partnership between the two professions is without doubt very fundamental and deserving of all seriousness by all stakeholders.

“This can in turn build a pragmatic judiciary and develop our legal jurisprudence as we continue to shift the frontiers of law.”

She said judges relied on academic works especially comments on judicial opinions through law reviews.

She said, “Judges rely on academic pieces in their work, especially the time honoured practice of commenting on judicial opinions through law reviews, proposing and granting legitimacy to new legal doctrines.