Universities That Offer Law And Their Accreditation Status

For candidates who intend to study Law in Nigeria, it is important you know the Universities that offer law, their accreditation status as well as the number of candidates that they are permitted to admit.

The Council of Legal Education has released a list of accredited universities and approved faculties of Law in Nigeria.

The Council explained that the accreditation status and approved quotas of recognized faculties were published for the benefit and guidance of the public, parents, and students.

Students, parents and the public are therefore advised to go through this piece of information.

Universities That Offer Law, Their Accreditation Status and Admission Quota

FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

S/N	UNIVERSITIES	STATUS	APPROVED ADMISSION QUOTA
1	UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN	Provisional accreditation	150
2	UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS	Full accreditation	270
3	UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA	Provisional accreditation	220
4	UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI	Provisional accreditation	200
5	UNIVERSITY OF BENIN	Provisional accreditation	180
6	UNIVERSITY OF JOS	Provisional accreditation	170
7	UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR	Provisional accreditation	170
8	UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN	Provisional accreditation	150
9	UNIVERSITY OF UYO	Provisional accreditation	150
10	OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	250
11	BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO	Provisional accreditation	220
12	USMANU DAN FODIO UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	80
13	AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	280
14	UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA	Accreditation Suspended	NIL
15	NNAMDI AZIKWE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	180
16	UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT	Approval to commence	50

STATE UNIVERSITIES

S/N	UNIVERSITIES	STATUS	APPROVED ADMISSION QUOTA
1	ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	50
2	EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY	interim accreditation	150
3	EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	60
4	ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY	Interim accreditation «	130
5	DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	120
6	ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECH	Provisional accreditation	100
7	KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	60
8	RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	250
9	NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	40
10	AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	120
11	OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	170
12	OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY	Interim accreditation	50
13	BUKAR ABBA IBRAHIM UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
14	UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA UNIVESITY	Approval to commence	50
15	IMO STATE UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	100
16	BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
17	CHUKWUEMEKA ODIMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY	Interim accreditation	100
18	LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY	Accreditation Suspended	NIL
19	BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY	Accreditation Suspended	NIL
20	NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	80

PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

S/N	UNIVERSITIES	STATUS	APPROVED ADMISSION QUOTA
1	IGB1NEDION UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	100
2	AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	180
3	CRESCENT UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
4	BABCOCK UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	100
5	BAZE UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
6	AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA	Approval to commence	50
7	BOWEN UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation	50
8	BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY	Interim accreditation	60
9	NIGERIAN TURKISH NILE UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
10	JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
11	AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
12	LEADCITY UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
13	AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
14	EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
15	MADONNA UNIVERSITY	Provisional accreditation (subject to Council’s approval)	50
16	ELIZADE UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
17	SALEM UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
18	GREGORY UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50
19	EDO UNIVERSITY	Approval to commence	50

Interpretation of terms:-

• Full Accreditation: This means the faculty has complied with all Council requirements.

• Provisional Accreditation: This 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.
• Approved Admission Quota: This is the number of students the school is permitted to admit

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON ADMISSION TO THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL.

For the avoidance of doubt, 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.