Earlier today, I delivered a keynote address at the opening of the Female Law Student Summit by the Legal Torch Initiative via Zoom Webinar.
“I have nothing but admiration and commendation for the work Legal Torch Initiative is doing to improve the perception and narrative of female lawyers in Nigeria and Africa at large.
This year's theme: "A woman in her prime: The budding legal luminary and her contemporary society", is a timely representation of the unspoken elephant that sits undisturbed in the legal profession today. We are in a time when the world needs to look past status quos, stereotypes and biases, and beam the light on women doing extraordinary feats in the profession and the nation at large, as well as create a path for the budding female lawyer who seeks to shine her light as a legal luminary.
To my female lawyers, the world needs women like you; dauntless, unrelenting, fiery big dreamers, who rise to challenge the status quo, to unsettle the equilibrium of things, to create the change we need.” #FLSS2021
H.E. Barr. Chioma Uzodimma First Lady, Imo State
Download full speech:KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HER EXCELLENCY, BARR. MRS. CHIOMA UZODIMMA, WIFE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE, AT THE VIRTUAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2021 FEMALE LAW STUDENTS' SUMMIT OF THE LEGAL TORCH INITIATIVE WITH THE THEME: “A WOMAN IN HER PRIME: THE BUDDING LEGAL LUMINARY AND HER CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY” ON THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021.
