Interview of Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja by Dr. Stephanie Elonge, Guest Editor, International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law

The above quotation is my ideology, it is the undying desire to add value to the legislative drafting discipline of the legal profession that drives and motivates me. The innovations and initiatives that I bring to the legislative drafting discipline of the legal profession are like the marbles to replace the bricks-the old, traditional methods previously applied. For example, in the year 2010, I mooted the idea that clinical legal education methodsshould be used to teach legislative draftingto students undertaking the Master of Laws (LLM) in Legislative Drafting programme at the Instituteof Advanced LegalStudies (IALS), University of London. This resulted in the establishment of the IALS LEGISLATIVE DRAFTINGCLINIC of which I was appointed as the pioneer Secretary. Records of this are to be found in the NEWSLETTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL (CALC). Just as any great leader, there are always opponents who resort to lies, defamation etc. against me and my drive to improve the status of Legislative Drafting. These opponents and their criticisms which they place in my path, are like stepping stones that I climbto higher heights. I use their criticismsas firewood to fuelthe fire of my motivation.”



Journal Title: International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform

Category: Law

ISSN: 2050-5191

Year of Establishment: 2012

Section: Law

Volume: 11

Issue: 1

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Dr. Elonge & Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. 2024 Interview of Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja by Dr. Stephanie Elonge, Guest Editor, International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law. International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform. 11 (1). 115-117. https://doi.org/10.61955/ZHOXFP

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