Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- "The division between the two professions was well recognised by the end of the 16th century and by the end of the 17th was quite firm..While the solicitor spends much of his time trying to keep his clients out of court, there inevitably comes a time when he needs the services of what the Americans call 'the trial lawyer'. In England, this is the barrister.." - Richard du Cann, The Art of the Advocate, 32 (Revised Edition, 1993)

On 20 June 2011, Willy Mutunga assumed office as the first Chief Justice of Kenya under the 2010 Constitution. A former president of the Law Society of Kenya, Mutunga possessed a doctorate degree in Law and had worked as a Law teacher. He had also lived in internal banishment, and was a former...