List of Accredited/Approved Faculties of Law in Nigeria

Those who wish to practice law in Nigeria must enroll at the Nigerian Law School, which is governed by the Council of Legal Education.

It also specifies the actions that individuals who wish to practice law in Nigeria after earning a law degree from a foreign university must take.

Fulfillment of Council Requirements: This indicates that the faculty has obtained full accreditation.
The faculty has substantially fulfilled Council standards, as evidenced by its provisional accreditation.
Suspended accreditation denotes that the Council of Legal Education has revoked the faculty of law’s accreditation.
The Council of Legal Education has approved the launch of the Law Faculty, pending additional accreditation.
NOTICE IMPORTANT REGARDING ADMISSION TO THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL.

To be clear, the Council of Legal Education and the Board of Study do not recognize studying law through correspondence, part-time work, or in any other environment than a traditional university for admission to the Nigerian Law School or entry into the legal profession.

These are the List:

FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES

S/N	UNIVERSITIES	STATUS	APPROVED 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 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 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: 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.
• Interim Accreditation: means the Council of Legal Education has approved the commencement of the Law Faculty, subject to further accreditation.

Source: MySchoolsGist