The Legal Education program aims at providing a modern legal education that addresses the needs of Nigeria and the global community. It focuses on developing students’ knowledge of legal concepts, practical skills, ethics, research, analysis, and policy implications, offering a balance between academic and vocational development highly valued by employers.

The philosophy behind the Law programme is to enrich legal study and practice within a socio-political context by promoting intellectual rigor, critical engagement, and ethical standards. The program is committed to providing outcome-based legal education that integrates knowledge, skills, and values to produce graduates who can actively participate in global legal, social, economic, and political developments.

The objectives of the Law program include teaching law as it exists at the time, fostering a comparative approach to legal studies, imbuing students with a general understanding of law, developing their research and analytical skills, acquainting them with legal principles and systems, and preparing them to pursue careers with excellence, fairness, and ethical standards.

The unique features of the program emphasize the development of client relationships, ethical responsibilities, problem-solving abilities, lifelong learning and research skills, pro bono services, entrepreneurial skills, globalization and cross-cultural competencies, alternative dispute resolution, and the role of legal professionals in social engineering. The Employability Skills highlighted by the program include legal argumentation, communication, research and brief writing, arbitration and mediation, analytical skills, practice management, transactional skills, and legal drafting.

The program also focuses on equipping students with 21st Century skills such as legal presentation, alternative dispute resolution, courtroom presentation, globalization, information technology, critical thinking, communication, creativity, problem-solving, perseverance, and collaboration.