National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN LL.B
qualification is unacceptable for admission to the Nigerian Law School
for Bar Vocational training.
The Council of Legal Education again announces for the benefit of the
general public that the LL.B Degree Programme offered by the National
Open University of Nigeria is not approved.
The policy of the statutory bodies responsible for the training and
admission of aspirants to the Nigerian Bar, i.e. the Council of Legal
Education and the Body of Benchers is that the study of Law must be
undertaken on full time basis, in recognized Institutions for the
provision of undergraduate studies. This is also the position of the
Professional Body of Lawyers in Nigeria – The Nigerian Bar Association.
Consequently, the regulatory bodies have long proscribed the study of
law through Part time, Distance Learning or Correspondence Studies and
it was in consequence of this, that the Part time LL.B Programmes run by
the Faculties of Law of accredited Universities were abrogated. The
position of the bodies has been that every aspirant for the Legal
Profession must undertake an undergraduate study on full time basis, in a
recognized Faculty of Law. This is because the study of Law transcends
knowledge acquisition alone, as it involves the moulding of future
entrants to the Bar in learning, character and attitudes.
The National Open University of Nigeria is not within the ambit of
institutions envisaged by these bodies to offer a Law degree programme.
Indeed, the National Open University of Nigeria has always been informed
of this position; and its decision to commence and run the Law
Programme was in defiance of this policy.
Any person who undertakes the study of Law at the National Open
University of Nigeria is to note that the qualification obtained is
unacceptable for admission to the Nigerian Law School for Bar Vocational
training.
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