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About BOSAN

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) is an independent organization comprising highly distinguished practitioners in the legal profession. Its main objective is to advocate for leadership in the legal domain while upholding professional ethics, integrity, and a superior level of legal practice within the Inner Bar and the legal profession in Nigeria.

The Body comprises 754 distinguished practitioners, with 133 members now of blessed memories. Its membership includes advocates and academics, and it operates under a well-defined constitution. BOSAN fosters collaboration and is governed by a clear constitution. BOSAN promotes a cooperative and lively atmosphere among its members through quarterly meetings and annual gatherings. If the Attorney General of the Federation (where he is a Senior Advocate) is unavailable, the Vice-Chairman or, in his absence, the most senior member of BOSAN assumes the role of Chair, ensuring continuity in leadership.

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) is an independent organization comprising highly distinguished practitioners in the legal profession. Its main objective is to advocate for leadership in the legal domain while upholding professional ethics, integrity, and a superior level of legal practice within the Inner Bar and the legal profession in Nigeria.

The Body comprises 754 distinguished practitioners, with 133 members now of blessed memories. Its membership includes advocates and academics, and it operates under a well-defined constitution. BOSAN fosters collaboration and is governed by a clear constitution. BOSAN promotes a cooperative and lively atmosphere among its members through quarterly meetings and annual gatherings. If the Attorney General of the Federation (where he is a Senior Advocate) is unavailable, the Vice-Chairman or, in his absence, the most senior member of BOSAN assumes the role of Chair, ensuring continuity in leadership.

Aims And Objectives

  • To promote professional responsibility among members and to maintain and defend the professional integrity of the members of the Body.
  • To promote the independence of the Judiciary, the rule of law, the highest professional standards of legal practice, legal education and the advancement of advocacy and jurisprudence.
  • To maintain the highest standards of professional ethics, conduct, etiquette and discipline among members.
  • To establish supportive relationships with the Nigerian Bar Association, the Body of Benchers, the Council of Legal Education, National Judicial Council, the Legal Practitioners Privilege Committee and the Discipline Committee of the Legal Profession, and also with international Bodies, sharing similar objectives with the Body.
  • To ensure and maintain the dignity of the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.

BOSAN Membership

Any legal practitioner who has been conferred the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria and sworn in as such becomes a member of BOSAN subject to meeting the requirements of financial membership. The Body’s constitution governs membership and aims to promote good administration based on the principles of freedom, equity, and justice. The constitution takes precedence over any Rules and Regulations. Members of the Body are committed to being a social, non-political, non-governmental entity representing the interests of the youth, the less privileged, and the aspirations of society.
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Brief History Of The Body Of Senior Advocates Of Nigeria

Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (“BOSAN”) came into existence around 1981. Late Chief Richard Akinjide SAN was appointed as the Chairman of the Body by virtue of his position as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federation during the Administration of President Shehu Shagari from 1979 – 1983. Meetings were held at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Marina, Lagos. Thereafter, late Mr. Kehinde Sofola SAN was appointed as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the federation in October 1983 and became the Chairman of the Body for three months.

From 1984 – 1985, late Chief Chike Ofodile SAN served as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the federation. He was appointed Chairman of the Body and Late Mr. Kehinde Sofola SAN was appointed as the first treasurer of the Body on March 31, 1984.

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