List of Approved State Universities offering law in Nigeria. 

List of state Universities approved to offer Law programme in Nigeria. 

All students willing to practice law as a profession in Nigeria must attend The Council of Legal Education. This Council is the body that regulates the Nigerian Law School. 

The Nigerian law school and the Council of Legal Education were established in 1962, following the enactment of the Legal Education Act to ensure the study of the Nigerian customary law by prospective members of the bench.

The Purpose of this list is  to help prospective law students who wish to study in any private Universities access the Approved private  institutions for the programme. 

Concerned students should note that the list containing the list of Approved State Universities offering law programmes is not arranged in any particular order. 

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State Universities Accredited Law Faculties In Nigeria

Before we begin to list This Universities, we will first, explain some of the terms which we will be meeting below. Some of these terms are:

Full Accreditation: A law faculty in any Nigerian University with this status has complied with all the requirements of the Council of Legal Education.

Provisional Accreditation: This means that  the faculty to a very large extent has complied with requirements of the Council of Legal Education.

Accreditation suspended : This simply explain that the accreditation of the faculty have been suspended by the Council of Legal Education.

Undergoing Accreditation: This means the approval to study law in the institution is being considered, but not yet approved for admission of students in to the Faculty of Law.

Interim Accreditation: This means that the faculty have been approved to commence but subject to further accreditation.
1. ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY AKUNGBA (AAUA)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

2. EBONY STATE UNIVERSITY (EBSU)

Accreditation Status: Interim accreditation

3. EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY (EKSU)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

4. ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY (ABSU)

Accreditation Status: Interim accreditation

5. DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY (DELSU)

Accreditation Status: Full accreditation

6. ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (ESUT)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

7. KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY (KSU)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

8. RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (RSUST)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

9. NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI (NSUK)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

10. AMBROSE ALI UNIVERSITY EKPOMA (AAU)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

11. OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY (OOU)

Accreditation Status: Provisional accreditation

12. OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY (UNIOSUN)

Accreditation Status: Interim Accreditation

13. BUKAR ABBA IBRAHIM UNIVERSITY

Accreditation Status: Approval to commence

14. UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA UNIVESITY (UMYU)

Accreditation Status : Approval to commence

15. IMO STATE UNIVERSITY (IMSU)

Accreditation Status:Provisional accreditation

16. BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY (BASUG)

Accreditation Status: Approval to commence

17. ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY (ANSU)

Accreditation Status:Interim accreditation

18. LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY (LASU)

Accreditation Status:Accreditation suspended

19. BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY (BSUM)

Accreditation Status:Accreditation suspended

Note
The Council of Legal Education and the Board of Study for admission of students to the Nigerian Law School and entrance into the Legal profession do not Recognize any form of Law programme order than Full-time programme in any Nigerian University. 

Studying Law in Open University is Also Not Recognized. Prospective candidates should take note of this important information.