Lawlexis International has announced the 2026 edition of its Career Training for Lawyers, with this year’s programme focused on preparing Nigerian lawyers for opportunities and legal challenges arising from the country’s rapidly expanding creative economy.
The training, themed “The Lawyer in the Creative Economy,” is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29, 2026, and will hold physically at NECA House, Hakeem Balogun Street, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, with virtual participation available via Zoom.
The programme comes at a time when Nigeria’s music, film, fashion, gaming, sports and visual-arts sectors are attracting significant investment, creating employment and generating increasingly complex legal work.
For Lawlexis, the central concern is that while these industries continue to expand, many Nigerian lawyers have had little structured training in the legal frameworks governing the transactions, intellectual property rights, contracts, disputes and regulatory issues arising from them.
Six specialist modules
The two-day training will cover six major areas of practice.
Music Law will examine recording, publishing and distribution agreements, royalties, collective management organisations, streaming economics, sampling and copyright disputes.
Film and Television Law will focus on the Nollywood and streaming ecosystem, including production and co-production agreements, chain of title, talent contracts and content licensing to platforms such as Netflix, Prime Video and Showmax.
Fashion Law will address trademark and design protection, licensing, collaborations, influencer agreements and brand ambassador contracts.
The Art Law module will examine artist-gallery relationships, auctions, authentication, resale rights, cultural property, restitution, NFTs and digital art.
Gaming and Esports Law will explore game development and publishing agreements, intellectual property in gaming assets, esports player contracts and the regulatory distinction between gaming and gambling.
The Sports Law module will cover athlete representation, image rights, endorsement deals, sports arbitration, club governance and sports media rights.
Across all six modules, participants will also examine three cross-cutting issues: artificial intelligence and creative works, financing and tax incentives for creative ventures, and data protection for platforms serving fans and customers.
Who should attend
The programme is open to lawyers across different levels of practice.
According to Lawlexis, it is suitable for young lawyers seeking to develop specialist practice areas, partners looking to expand their firms’ service offerings, in-house counsel within creative businesses, legal officers in media and entertainment organisations, and practitioners who advise clients operating in creative industries.
The training is structured not only to explain the law but also to expose participants to the practical commercial realities of creative-sector transactions.
That includes understanding how deals are structured, how rights are protected and monetised, how disputes arise and how lawyers can position themselves to serve clients operating in industries that are increasingly global and digitally driven.
Registration details
The training will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Registration fees are:
- ₦135,000 for physical attendance
- ₦85,000 for virtual attendance
The stated early-bird rates are ₦100,000 for physical participation and ₦60,000 for virtual participation, with a 10 per cent group discount available to firms registering three or more participants from the same organisation.
Register here:
https://selar.com/11h84v18ag
For enquiries, Lawlexis International can be contacted via lawlexisinternational@gmail.com or 09029755663.
Lawlexis International says it has been building the capacity of Nigerian lawyers through the Career Training for Lawyers series since 2018, with previous editions covering Legal Advocacy, African Trade Law, Tech Law, Corporate Law, and Entertainment & Sports Law.
The 2026 edition therefore extends that professional-development focus into one of the most commercially significant and rapidly evolving areas of contemporary legal practice: the creative economy.
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