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Website advertising rules for lawyers in Nigeria
Lawyers answer to their regulator's advertising and conduct rules as well as to privacy law. This is what Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2023 (advertising, rule 39) means for your website: testimonials, claims, fees, titles and the details you must show. It applies only to sites of that profession, and only where you are licensed. For the general laws every site in Nigeria must follow, see Nigeria's laws.
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Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2023 (advertising, rule 39)
Gazetted 6 June 2023 (Official Gazette No.
Who it covers: Legal practitioners called to the Nigerian bar. Set by the Nigerian Bar Association and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.
What it requires of a website or app (8)
- Advertising or promotion of the practice is fair and proper in all the circumstancesAI reviewr. 39(1)
- Advertising is not inaccurate or likely to misleadAI reviewr. 39(2)(a)
- Advertising does not diminish public confidence in the profession or the administration of justiceAI reviewr. 39(2)(b)
- Advertising does not compare with or criticise other lawyersAI reviewr. 39(2)(c)
- No statements about the quality of your work, the size or success of your practice, or your success rateAI reviewr. 39(2)(d)
- Advertising is not so frequent or obstructive that it annoys recipients (pop-ups, bulk email)AI reviewr. 39(2)(e)
- No soliciting of work by circulars, handbills, touts or personal communication, and no self-aggrandisementAI reviewr. 39(3)
- Biographical details are limited to name, contact, education, admission, public offices, teaching posts, honours and bar positionsAI reviewr. 39(4)
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