University of maiduguri

The Faculty of Law started in October 1976 as a Department of Law in the former Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. The department commenced teaching in November, 1976 with Professors Niki Tobi (now a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria) and Mr Olusegun Yerokun as the pioneer members of the teaching staff. The Department sent its first set of students to the Nigerian Law School in 1979. Although the department of law was converted into a full-fledged faculty in 1978, the faculty continued to operate as a single department until the beginning of the 1980/1981 academic session when it was split into the departments of Common law and Sharia.

The main objective of the Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, as a teaching and research unit is to train students who upon graduation will proceed to the Nigerian Law School where they will receive one year compulsory training for the purposes of being called to the Nigerian Bar. This objective is of particular importance to the University’s catchment area States who depend on the faculty to provide high, middle and low levels manpower to serve both the Bench and the Bar. The Faculty’s teaching philosophy is to adopt an inter-disciplinary approach in the training of students in the legal profession so that they will meet the challenges of the modern era.
Although the faculty actually started with the Department of Common Law, five departments were initially approved for the Faculty of Law by the National Universities Commission (NUC). However, due to infrastructural constraints and other difficulties, all the five Departments could not take off at the same time. As a result the creation of the common law department was later followed by the establishment of the Department of Sharia with effect from 2^nd October 1980. In 1997 the Senate of University of Maiduguri approved the splitting of the Department of Common Law into the Departments of Private and Public Law. Presently, the Faculty has three Departments, namely: Department of Private Law, Department of Public Law and Department of Sharia.

The Faculty of Law, through its departments, offers academic programmes leading to the award of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. All the three departments run four and five-year degree programmes. Candidates for the five-year degree programme are admitted through the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), while the four-year degree programme (Direct Entry) is open to candidates with A-level qualifications with at least a Merit grade in Diploma in Law or IJMB. This is in addition to possessing 5 O’ level credits including mathematics and English as the basic entry requirement which all candidates aspiring to read law must have.

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   BENCHMARK/MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR LL.M. AND M. Phil./Ph.D. PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
   

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   Philosophy
   

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   Aims and Objectives
   

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  Enabling their products to assume broader responsibilities in the rapidly changing environment.
  
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  Providing knowledge and elevated thought processes required for the understanding and practical analysis of legal problems.
  
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  Producing legal experts/researchers who are capable of applying appropriate legal principles and techniques to solving national and international legal problems.
  
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  Producing socially responsible legal experts/researchers who are sensitive to the accepted norms and ethics of the rule of law and the imperatives of democratic values.
  
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  Encouraging the production of legal experts/researchers who will be equipped with relevant ICT knowledge and skills that drive legal research.
  
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  Encouraging the production of legal experts/researchers who will be equipped with managerial skills and leadership qualities.
  
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  Producing legal experts/researchers with the necessary competencies and skills to function effectively in institutions of higher learning.
  

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   Admission Requirements
   
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      Master of Laws (LL.M) Degree
      

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   A Bachelor of Laws degree from an approved university with a minimum of Second Class Honours Lower Division.
   
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   A minimum of five (5) credit passes, including English Language and Literature in English, at not more than two (2) sittings in SSC/GCE Ordinary Level or its equivalent.
   
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   A minimum of two positive references as to character and learning must to be submitted by the applicant. At least one of the references must be obtained from the applicant’s former lecturer in the Faculty of Law.
   

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   Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Degree
   

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   A Bachelor of Laws degree from an approved university with a minimum of Second Class Honours Upper Division.
   

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   An LL.M degree.
   

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   Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree
   

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   A Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree from an approved university.
   OR
   
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   A Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from an approved university with research thesis and a weighted course work average which shall normally be not less than 60%
   

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   A Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree by course work from an approved university with an average which should normally be not less than 60%.
   

A university may, in addition, conduct a qualifying examination for applicants for the purpose of admission into M.Phil. /Ph.D. degree programmes.

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   Specialised Master’s Programmes
   

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   Duration of Programmes
   
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      LL.M.
      

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   The Full-time LL.M. programme shall run for a minimum of 12 calendar months and a maximum of 24 calendar months.
   
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   For extension beyond the maximum period, special permission of the Postgraduate school Board shall be required.
   

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   M. Phil.
   

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   The Fulltime M.Phil. programme shall run for a minimum of 24 calendar months and a maximum of 36 calendar months.
   
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   For extension beyond the maximum period, special permission of the Postgraduate School Board shall be required.
   

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   Ph.D.
   

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   The Full time Ph.D. programme shall run for a minimum of 24 calendar months and a maximum of 48 calendar months.
   
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   For extension beyond the maximum period, special permission of the Postgraduate School Board shall be required.
   

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   Part time Programmes
   

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   For the LL.M., a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 4 years;
   
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   For the M.Phil., a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 5 years and
   
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   For the Ph.D, a minimum of 4 years and a maximum of 7 years.
   

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   Mode of Study
   
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      LL.M. Degree
      

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   M.Phil. Degree
   

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   A student with a first degree shall be required to take examinations in 4 courses at the end of the first year. He shall submit and defend a well-researched Thesis at the end of the second year.
   
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   A student with an LL.M. degree shall present two in-depth seminar papers on different courses within the first year. The seminar papers shall be awarded marks as course work. The student shall submit and defend a well researched thesis at the end of the second year.
   
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   A student whose performance in the course work is adjudged to be outstanding may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Postgraduate Committee be allowed to transfer/convert to the Ph.D. Programme on terms to be determined by the Postgraduate School Board.
   

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   Ph.D. Degree
   

The thesis must form a distinct contribution to knowledge and afford evidence of originality shown either by the discovery of new facts and techniques or by the exercise of independent critical reasoning. It should not form part of any work presented for a higher degree at the University of Maiduguri or any other University. The Thesis shall carry forty (40) credit units.

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   Requirements for Graduation
   
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      LL.M. Degree
      

To be eligible to sit for examination in a particular course, a student must record at least 75% attendance at lectures, seminars and tutorials delivered for the course.

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   M.Phil. Degree
   

Where the M. Phil course work is by Seminars, each seminar shall carry 7 units.

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   Ph.D. Degree
   

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   Domain of the Programme
   

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   Student Enrolment
   

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   ACADEMIC STANDARDS
   
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      Academic Regulations
      
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         Academic Year
         

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   Programme Requirements:
   

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   Registration Procedure
   

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   Student Academic Status
   

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   Good Standing
   

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   Withdrawal
   A student who fails to obtain a minimum score of 50% in at least 2 courses at the end of a particular year of study shall be required to withdraw from the University. A student who fails any re-sit subject shall be required to withdraw from the programme.
   

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   Course Evaluation
   

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   Attainment Levels
   

a) Examinations

b) Seminar/Term Papers

c) Oral presentations and problem solving exercises

d) Assignments

e) Group project work

f) LL.M. Dissertations

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   Continuous Assessment
   

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   Examinations, Grading Procedure and Results
   

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   Examinations
   
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      In addition to continuous assessment, final examinations shall be given at the end of the programme. The total score obtainable for any course (continuous assessment and final examinations) is 100%.
      
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      Each course shall normally be completed and examined at the end of the programme in which it is offered.
      
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      A written examination shall normally last for 3 hours.
      

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   Pass Mark
   

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   External Examination System
   

4. 
   Presentation of Results
   

5. 
   Release of Results
   

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   LL.M. /M.Phil. Course Work
   

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  Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
  
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  Administrative Law
  
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  Comparative Constitutional Law
  
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  Corporate Law, Management and Finance
  
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  Law of Labour Relations
  
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  Comparative Family Law
  
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  Law of Industrial and Intellectual Property
  
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  Comparative Conflict of Laws
  
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  Comparative Criminal Law
  
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  International Maritime Law
  
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  Law of International Institutions
  
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  Criminology and Penology
  
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  Law of Secured Credit Transactions
  
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  International Economic Law
  
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  International Copyright, Patent and Competition Law
  
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  International Humanitarian Law
  
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  Land Law and Land Development
  
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  International Environmental Law
  
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  Diplomatic and Consular Law
  
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  The Law of Personal taxation
  
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  The Law of Business Taxation
  
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  Law of Non-Marine Insurance
  
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  Law of Marine Insurance
  
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  Law of Treaties
  
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  Legal Systems in Africa
  
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  International Human Rights Law
  
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  Environmental Law
  
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  Aviation Law
  
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  Telecommunication Law
  
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  Law and Medicine
  
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  Principles of Civil Litigation
  
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  Military Law
  
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  Legislative Process and Legislative Drafting
  
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  International Trade and Investment Law
  
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  Law of International Banking and Finance
  
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  Energy and National Resources Law
  
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  International Law of Development
  
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  Foreign Relations Law
  
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  International Boundary and Immigration Law
  
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  International Labour Law
  
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  Law of International Taxation
  
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  Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments
  
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  Law of Commercial Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation
  
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  Law of Carnage of Goods by Land, Air and Sea
  
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  Law of Commercial and Consumer Transactions
  
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  Islamic Law
  
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  Law of Outer Space
  
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  Nuclear Law
  
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  Legal History
  
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  Customary Law
  
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  Refugee Law
  
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  Law of Landlord and Tenant
  

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