The second Edition of Hints on legal practice is a further revision of a series of lectures which the author delivered to students at the Nigerian law school over a period of about twenty years. Beginning in 1974. Propelled by the overwhelming enthusiasm with which the first edition, like the lectures that give rise to it, was receive by legal profession, the author analyses once more, with a hot of humor,. What may be described as the unwritten codes of advocacy?
Two new chapter have been added in the edition to give a more detailed treatment of “Re-examination” and “Closing, Speeches” respectively The style remains light and the language simple an approach which will doubtless appeal to the law student, the qualified lawyer and the layman alike.
 

CONTENTS
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………….…………………..p 1
2. Success at the Bar………………………………………………………………………….p 6 to 17
3. Legal Education………………………………………………………………………………p 20 to 36
4. Legal Training………………………………………………………………………………..p 40 to 45
5. Titbits on Advocacy……………………………………………………………………….p 53 to 76
6. Preparation from Criminal Cases………………………………………………….p 78 to 99
7. Preparation for Civil Cases…………………………………………………………..p 101 to 112
8. Judges……………………………………………………………………………………………p 114 to 133
9. Advocacy and the Law of Evidence………………………………………………p 136 to 153
10. Presenting your Case……………………………………………………………….…p 154 to 163
11. Examination in Chief…………………………………………………………………..p 166 to 186
12. Cross-Examination……………………………………………………………………….p 188 to 205
13. Cross-Examination and Types of Witnesses……………………………...p 207 to 244
14. RE-Examination……………………………………………………………………………p 246 to 253
15. The Closing Speeches………………………………………………………………….p 255 to 264
16. Brief Writing in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court…….p 265 to 288
17. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….p 290 to 293