Unilorin Law Faculty, Best in Nigeria,UNILAG 2nd – Legal Education Council

The Council of Legal Education has
adjudged the Faculty of Law, University of
Ilorin, the best in the country, based on the
cumulative performance of its products in
the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the
Nigerian Law School.

The Council’s verdict was contained in the
Report of the Ad-Hoc Committee it set up to
assess the performance of students at the
August 2014 Bar Final Examinations. The
Ad-Hoc Committee was headed by the Lagos
State Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye.

Other members were Prof. J. A. M. Audi,
representative of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA); Prof. E. S. Olarinde,
Provost, College of Law, Afe Babalola
University, Ado Ekiti; Dr. Y. M. Yusuf, the
Dean of Law, University of Maiduguri; Mr.
Emeka Obegolu, representative of the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); Prof. M. O.
U. Gasiokwu, the Dean of Law, Delta State
University, Abraka; Mr. S. A. Osamolu, the
Director/Head of Academic, Nigerian Law
School; and Mrs. M. M. Stanley-Idum, the
Deputy Director (Academic), Nigerian Law
School.

According to the Committee’s Report, a
copy of which was made available to
Unilorin Bulletin, students from the
University of Ilorin Law Faculty beat
products of other universities’ Law Faculties
in the Bar Examinations. Other universities
in the top five category are the University of
Lagos (2nd), the University of Ibadan (3rd),
the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (4th) and
the University of Uyo/Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko (5th).

In the 2012 and 2013 Bar Final
Examinations, the University of Ilorin
consistently came second. And apart from
the University of Lagos that has closely run
neck-to-neck with Unilorin in the last three
years, coming fifth in 2012, and third in
2013, no other University appeared
consistently on the Top 5 Table in the three
years under review.

For instance, Babcock University that led
the pack in 2012 has not returned to the
Top 5 Table since then. Likewise, the
University of Ado-Ekiti that came first in
2013 is not even listed among the top 5 in
2014.

The Report noted that while some
universities have consistently been in the
bottom 5, the University of Ilorin and the
University of Lagos have consistently been
in the top 5 in the last three years with
Ilorin coming clearly ahead even in
consistency rating.

This Ad-Hoc Committee was set up in
response to growing worries over poor
performance of Law students from various
Faculties of Law from different Nigerian
Universities. It was charged with the duty to
review the result of the last Bar Final
Examination vis-a-vis the performance of
different Law Faculties; examine the
teaching methods and facilities available for
use at the Nigerian Law School and identify
reasons why some campuses perform
better than others; as well as examine the
performance of students over the past five
years so as to make comparative analyses,
among others.

In its findings, the Committee noted that
the “inability of various Faculties of Law to
have uninterrupted academic activities in a
Semester as prescribed by the National
Universities Commission (NUC) for LL.B
students contributed to declining
standards”. It added that “in a bid to meet
the Nigerian Law School calendar, some
Faculties of Law abridged their programme
to compensate for incessant strike actions
and other disruptions”.

Meanwhile, the Ag. Dean, Faculty of Law,
University of Ilorin, Dr. I. A. Yusuf, has
described the achievement of his Faculty as
a “collective sense of fulfillment”, adding
that this achievement is a vindication of the
dedication of the staff and students of the
Faculty and their common and collective
determination to uphold the vision of the
University of Ilorin to become a Centre of
Excellence.”

Dr. Yusuf said, “This success would not have
been possible without the continuous
support and attention our Faculty always
receives from the University management”.

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