Earlyface

The Council of Legal Education  is a body under the Nigerian Law school, it is a supervisory body established to regulate and improve the legal education of legal studies in Nigeria. It publishes the Current accreditation status and approved quota of recognised faculties of Law of Nigerian Universities for the benefit and guidance of the public, parents and students.

LIST OF ACCREDITED FACULTIES OF LAW IN NIGERIA.
FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES



S/N   UNIVERSITIES   STATUS
1   UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   Provisional
accreditation

2   UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   Full
accreditation

3   UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA,NSUKKA   Provisional
accreditation

4   UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   Provisional
accreditation

5   UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   Provisional
accreditation

6   UNIVERSITY OF JOS   Provisional
accreditation

7   UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   Provisional
accreditation

8   UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   Provisional
accreditation

9   UNIVERSITY OF UYO   Provisional
accreditation

10   OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

11   BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO   Provisional
accreditation

12   USMANU DAN FODIO UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

13   AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

14   UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   Accreditation
suspended

STATE UNIVERSITIES

S/N   UNIVERSITIES   STATUS
1   NNAMDI AZIKWE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

2   ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

3   EBONY1STATE UNIVERSITY   Interim
accreditation

4   EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

5   ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   Interim
accreditation

6   DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

7   ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECH   Provisional
accreditation

8   KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

9   RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECH   Provisional
accreditation

10   NASA RAW A STATE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

11   AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

12   OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

13   OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY   Interim
Accreditation

14   BUKAR ABBA IBRAHIM UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
15   UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA UNIVESITY   Approval to commence
16   I MO STATE UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

17   BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
18   ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECH   Interim
accreditation

19   LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   Accreditation
suspended

20   BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   Accreditation
suspended

PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES



S/N   UNIVERSITIES   STATUS
1   IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY   Provisional
Accreditation

2   AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
3   CRESCENT UNIVERSITY ABEOKUTA   Approval to commence
4   BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, OGUN STATE   Provisional
accreditation

5   BAZE UNIVERSITY ABUJA   Approval to commence
6   AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   Approval to commence
7   BOWEN UNIVERSITY   Provisional
accreditation

8   BENSON1DAHOSA UNIVERSITY   Interim
accreditation

9   NIGERIAN TURKISH NILE UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
10   JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
11   AL-HIKMAN UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
12   LEADCITY UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
13   AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY   Approval to commence
14   EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY   Conditional Approval to commence
15   MADONNA UNIVERSITY   Currently being re-evaluated
Interpretation of terms:-

Full Accreditation: means the faculty has complied with all Council requirements.
Provisional Accreditation: means the faculty has substantially complied with Council requirements.
Accreditation suspended : means the faculty of Law has its accreditation suspended by the Council of Legal Education.
Undergoing Accreditation: means the University application to commence Law is being considered, but not yet approved for admission of students to the Law Faculty.
Interim Accreditation: means Council of Legal Education has given approval for the commencement of the Law Faculty, subject to further accreditation.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ON ADMISSION TO THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL.

Any study of law via correspondence, part-time or in a setting other than a conventional full time study in a University is not recognized by the Council of Legal Education and the Board of Study for admission of students to the Nigerian Law School and entrance into the Legal profession.

The study of law at the Open University is not recognized.

The public, parents and students are accordingly advised to note please.