2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition: Call for Submissions

Summary of 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition

Host	Adeola Oyinlade & Co
Category	Grants
Benefits	NGN 600,000. Cash prices and opportunities for internships
Title	2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition
Eligible Country	Nigeria
End Date:	February 21, 2025.

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About Adeola Oyinlade & Co

The Head office of Adeola Oyinlade & Co. is in Lagos, they are top law company in Nigeria. They provide services for both national and foreign clients, the company provides a wide range of legal services. 

Among their main practice domains are:

• Intellectual Property: Copyrights, trademarks, patents, and designs abound here. 
• Representing clients in different legal conflicts: dispute resolution and litigation. 
• Corporate Advisory: Offering companies legal guidance on several topics. 
• Advising on commercial transactions and tax-related concerns, commercial and tax difficulties 
• Debt Recovery and Insolvency: Supporting debt collecting and insolvency processes. 
• Legal services pertaining to nautical, shipping, aviation, and transportation abound. 

Adeola Oyinlade & Co. could be a good choice if you search for a Nigerian legal firm with knowledge in these fields. 

Their website or direct correspondence will provide further details about them.

About 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition

The inaugural Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition is organised and sponsored by Adeola Oyinlade & Co., Nigeria’s largest full-service legal company. The competition is intended to test law students’ abilities to critically examine a specific issue within the context of applicable legislation and generate compelling responses.  

Topic

Taxation and Development in Nigeria: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Implementation

Rationale

Nigeria is once again on the verge of changing the Nigerian tax landscape with several Tax Reform bills. Are taxes representative of Nigeria’s development? Is there a loophole in the policy-making and implementation process? Students are expected to respond to these questions. 

Eligibility for the 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition

This essay competition is open to law students at the 100-500 level from all Nigerian tertiary institutions (federal, state, and private). 

Guidelines For Submissions

• Submissions are accepted on an individual basis. Co-authoring an essay is not authorised.
• All writings must be unique and completely written by the candidate. Plagiarism is not tolerated. Original.
• Entrants are allowed to submit just one entry.
• Submissions should not exceed 1500 words. It must also be free of photos and other graphical illustrations. Footnotes are not considered part of the word count. 
• Essays must be written in English and submitted in Microsoft Word format. Font: Times New Roman – Size 12, double-spaced; alignment: justified. 
• All essays must be properly referenced using the OSCOLA format.
• Entrants’ school and other personal information shall not appear on the manuscript submitted, EXCEPT THEIR FULL NAME. This is to prevent favouritism and increase transparency.
• Submission: Essays should be sent electronically to admin@adeolaoyinlade.com with the subject line “The 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition for Law Students in All Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria“.
• Announcement and Update:  The announcement of winners will be made on our LinkedIn platform. For more information, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/adeolaoyinlade/.
• It is not open to law graduates (additional competitions are scheduled for law graduates and students at the Nigerian Law School later this year).

Deadline for submission 

• All essays must be submitted in their entirety by 12 midnight on February 21, 2025. No late submissions will be allowed. 

 Evaluation criteria

• Essays will be graded on their originality, clarity of expression, depth of analysis, relevance to the topic, spelling and grammar, and adherence to the contest rules.
• Relevance: Consistent with the theme, with a focus on the role of taxation in achieving the SDGs in Nigeria.

PRIZES for the 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National EssayThree cash prizes and five types of awards:

Winner: NGN 300,000 (with internship at Adeola Oyinlade & Co.) and publication of an essay on Mondaq.

First runner-up: NGN 200,000.00 (+ internship at Adeola Oyinlade & Co.).

Second Runner-up: N100,000.00 (with internship at Adeola Oyinlade & Co.)

4th–10th entrants: NGN 50,000.00 each (+ internship at Adeola Oyinlade & Co.). 

• Certificate of Participation for all participants whose entries met the essay submission standards. 

 Winners’ Announcement

The winners will be announced in March 2025 on our LinkedIn platform. Please follow Adeola Oyinlade & Co on LinkedIn for more updates. https://www.linkedin.com/company/adeolaoyinlade/

OUR JUDGES. 

Our judges for this year’s competition include lawyers, professionals, and a senior advocate. They include:

Dr. Babatunde Ajibade, SAN, FCIArb, Managing Partner of S. P. A. Ajibade & Co.

Professor Balarabe A. Haruna, Faculty of Law, Bayero University Kano; Associate Professor Akinola Akintayo, University of Lagos.

Dr. Taiwo Omidoyin, Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association’s Ado-Ekiti Branch

Ms. Osai Ojigho, Director of Policy, Public Affairs, and Campaigns. Christian Aid

Ms. Adaeze Akuegbu, Assistant Manager at Deloitte & Touche 

MERIT, NOT POPULARITY.

This essay competition will be based on the quality of the students’ contributions. No component will require voting, post sharing, liking, following, or anything else based on mere popularity. 

For more information, please contact Busola Ogundele, Practice Administrator, at 0814 198 3314 or email admin@adeolaoyinlade.com.

For more information on mode of application for the 2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition visit 

2025 Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition

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