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Universities and the Nigerian Law School. These law clinics are spread over the six
geo-political zones of the country 52.
According to Network of Universities Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) 53, as at 2019,
there were 38 Law Clinics 54 in Faculties of Law across the six geo-geopolitical zones in
Nigeria 55 that have registered with the organisation. Keep in mind that there are fiftyfive (55) Faculties of Law in Nigeria 56.
The above has given a rather a brief assessment of how CLE and its service
component- Law Clinics-were established in Nigeria.
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Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) Nigeria was established in 2003 as a nongovernmental, non-profit and non-political organization committed to promoting Clinical Legal
Education, legal education reform, legal aid and access to justice in Nigeria and the development of
future public interest lawyers. Clinical Legal Education (CLE) is the use of any kind of experiential,
practical or active training for legal professionals to impact such skills as the ability to solve legal
problems.
54AAU Law Clinic, ABSU Law Clinic, ABU Law Clinic, AKUNGBA Law Clinic, American University
of Nigeria Law Clinic, Bauchi State University Law Clinic, BAZE Law Clinic, BU Law Clinic, Caliphate
Law Clinic, DSU Law Clinic, ESUT Law Clinic, EBSU Law Clinic, Elizade University, Law Clinic, , ESU
Law Clinic, IMSU Law Clinic, KSU Law Clinic, LASU Law Clinic, Legal Aid Clinic, Niger Delta
University Law Clinic, Nnamdi Azikwe University Law Clinic, NUN Law Clinic, NSUK Law Clinic,
Osun State University Law Clinic, OOU Law Clinic, POLAC Law Clinic, Renaissance University Law
Clinic, TSU Law Clinic, UNN Legal Aid Clinic, UNIMAID Law Clinic, UNIUYO Law Clinic,
UNIABUJA Law Clinic, UNIBEN Law Clinic, UNICAL Law Clinic, UNILAG Law Clinic, UNIPORT
Law
Clinic,
UNIJOS
Law
Clinic,
Women’s
Law
Clinic,
YSU
Law
Clinic.
https://www.nulai.org/index.php/partners/clinical-law-programs last visited 1st July, 2019
55 Law Clinics in Nigeria, retrieved from https://www.nulai.org/index.php/partners/clinical-lawprograms last visited, 7th May, 2019
56List of Accredited/Approved Faculties of Law in Nigeria
https://www.myschoolgist.com/ng/approved-faculties-of-law/ last visited 1st July, 2019
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