By Precious D Freeman
The Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia (UL) has convened a week-long orientation for students who are to be admitted at the beginning of academic year 2023/2024.
The exercise kicked off Monday, May 8, 2023 on the University’s Capitol Hill Campus.
More than one hundred prospective students of law are undergoing orientation covering basic topics such as ethical, moral and academic issues in the legal profession.
Topics highlighted at the opening of the orientation include ‘Background to Legal Education and practice of Law, Application Case Reviews, with emphasis on Legal Education, Precedence, Analysis and Arguments.’
Other topics are ‘Introduction to the Liberian Legal System with a focus on the dual legal system, sources of Liberian Law, and Hierarchy in Liberian Law,’ among others.
Making remarks at the opening session, UL president Julius Sarwolo Nelson acknowledged the efforts of the incoming students for choosing the path of becoming lawyers.
“I want to commend you for threading the path of the legal profession, recognizing the fact that your success will highly depend on hard study, and maintaining, upholding the rules and regulations of the Law School and the UL at large,” Dr. Nelson cautioned.
He described the Law School as a medium of building minds and professionalism, saying he wants the incoming students to consider their entry into the UL as an exciting new chapter in their professional career.
