Reviewed Article This led to the Nigerian draft Legal Aid Bill which had provisions for supporting Legal Clinics in the universities 47 . Consequently, in 2011, the Legal Aid Act by its Section 17 recognizes law clinics as legal aid providers 48. Also, the National Universities Commission’s 49 draft benchmarks and minimum academic standards in the law programme released in August 2004 has identified cognitive and skills competencies as a learning outcome and also introduced “a community-based course: community legal assistance to the poor, minority and the under privileged” in the 4th year class. The Benchmark was reviewed in 2010/2011 and Clinical Legal Education CLE Curriculum was made compulsory, and it was required for all new faculties of Law to have law clinic 50 Another notable development is the establishment of the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI), which has been able to develop and institutionalized Clinical Legal Education through the undertaking of expository and intellectual seminars and workshops which yielded tremendous results 51. From 2005-2014, NULAI Nigeria has seen to the establishment of 17 Law Clinics in Nigerian ibid Section 17, Legal Aid Act, Cap L9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 49 The National Universities Commission (NUC) is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), The main functions of the Commission are; Granting approval for all academic programmes run in Nigerian universities; Granting approval for the establishment of all higher educational institutions offering degree programmes in Nigerian universities; Ensure quality assurance of all academic programmes offered in Nigerian universities; and Channel for all external support to the Nigerian universities. Retrieved from https://nuc.edu.ng/about-us/ last visited 29th June 2018 50 The Development Of Clinical Legal Education Retrieved from http://www.nulai.org/index.php/blog/83-cle last visited 26th June 2018 51 ibid 47 48 27