Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- In a country where the law is often spoken of in hushed tones, feared more than it is understood, Barrister AbiodunOgundare is making a deliberate effort to demystify legal practice and return it to its original purpose: service to society. Calm, reflective, and firm in his convictions, Ogundare belongs to a growing but still rare class of legal professionals who see the courtroom not as a battlefield for ego or profit, but as a civic space where justice must be practical, humane, and accessible.

His decision to open a new law chamber is not driven by vanity or ambition in the conventional sense. It is, by his own account, a response to a moral obligation. For Ogundare, the law is not merely a career path; it is a res...