| Nigerian Law School | |
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| Established | 1962 |
| School type | Law school |
| Dean | Prof. Isa Chiroma, director- general |
| Location | Bwari, Abuja, Nigeria |
| Bar pass rate | Bar pass II |
| Website | www |
The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up to provide professional certification to graduates of law. [1] The school was established in Lagos under the Legal Education Act 1962, now Legal Education (Consolidation Etc) Act Cap. L10, Laws of the Federation, 2004. [2] Until the school was established, legal practitioners in Nigeria had received the requisite training in England and had been called to the English Bar. [3]
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 since its inception in 1962. [1] Anyone who has obtained a university degree in law and wants to practice as a lawyer 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. [4]
Its campus in Lagos was set up in 1962, moving to its current location in 1969. The law school headquarters was relocated to Abuja in 1997. [1] The Nigerian Law School currently has 7 campuses - one in each geopolitical region of the country, [5] though the Nigerian Senate has approved the establishment of seven new campuses. [6]
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. [8] In November 2009, the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof Tahir Mamman SAN, 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. This is why Prof Tahir Mamman SAN is referred to as the most successful Director General since the inception of the institution. Mr O. A. Onadeko the previous Deputy Director General of the Lagos Campus served as the Director General of the Nigerian Law School from 2013 to 2018. In February 2018 Prof. Isa Chiroma was appointed as the new Director General [9]
The Nigeria Law School is one of the most prestigious and credible institutions in Nigeria. [10]
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