Nigerian Law School
The Nigerian Law School was set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.[1] Until the school was established, legal practitioners in Nigeria had received the requisite training in England and had been called to the English Bar.[2]
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Curriculum
The Law School offers course in criminal and civil litigation, property and corporate law, as well as a course in ethics. Over 70,000 students have graduated from the Nigerian Law School.[1] Anyone who has obtained a University degree in law and wants to practice as lawyers in Nigeria must attend the Nigerian Law School. The Council of Legal Education gives certificates to students who pass the Bar Part II examinations, and these students are then called to the Bar.[3]
Locations
The Lagos Campus was set up in 1962, moving to its current location in 1969. The law school headquarters was relocated to the town of Bwari near Abuja in 1997.[1] At the time of the move, hostels and the main auditorium were still under construction. The town had no hospital, no telephone and banking services, and the school was constructing its own borehole to provide potable water.[4] The Augustine Nnamani Campus is located in Agbani, Enugu State. A fourth campus is located in Bagauda, Kano State.[3] There are two additional campuses now which brings it to a total of 6 campuses. One in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State and the sixth in Yola, Adamawa State.
News
In August 2009, a legal practitioner, Asbayir Abubakar, called for reductions in the fees paid at the Nigerian Law School in order to accommodate the less-privileged into the legal profession.[5] In November 2009, the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Dr. Tahir Mamman, said that students who passed through unauthorized law faculties would not be admitted into the Nigerian Law School. He said the Council of Legal Education will refer law Professors and teachers managing illegal law faculties to the disciplinary committee of the Body of Benchers. Currently, Dr O. A. Onadeko the previous Director General of the Lagos Campus is the new Director General of the Nigerian Law School. [6] Also in November 2009, the Council of Legal Education said it would call 3,374 students to the Bar after successfully completing their bar final examinations at the Law School. These were the first students to be trained using the new curriculum. in 2013, 15 students made a First Class from the law school- the highest ever made from the school where such a grade is very scarce, however, sadly the students were not duely rewarded for their academic excellence despite the award and promises made by the then Director general, Tahir Mamman to reward them and same has not been done by the incumbent Director General.
The law school in Nigeria is one of the most prestigious and credible institution in Nigeria. [7]
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