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Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law, University of Uyo, started in October 1985 as a Department in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the then University of Cross River State. It took over the staff and students of the former Ime Umanah College of Law, Abak in Akwa Ibom State.

In 1986, it became a full fledged Faculty. In October 1987, the Faculty moved to Ikot Osurua campus, the site now occupied by the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic. In 1989, the Faculty graduated its first batch of students who thereafter proceeded to Nigerian Law School and were called to Bar Examinations.

The Faculty is accredited by the National Universities Commission and by the Council of Legal Education, the body charged with Legal Education in Nigeria. Since 1989, the students from the Faculty have been admitted every year into the Nigerian Law School and have been doing very well.

The faculty offers

The Law Faculty identifies with the vision and mission statements of the University of Uyo.

The Faculty follows the programme approved by National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Council of Legal Education. The philosophy of the Faculty is to ensure that its graduates have a clear understanding of the place and importance of law in society.

It is the core aim and objective of the Faculty to train its graduates into lawyers armed with the requisite skills and knowledge to confront the challenges of the twenty-first century in the field of Law.

 

Departments

It is the core aim and objective of the Faculty to train its graduates into lawyers armed with the requisite skills and knowledge to confront the challenges of the twenty-first century in the field of Law.

Jurisprudence and International Law

Public Law

Private law

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Academic Team

PROF. MOJISOLA ESENYI
Dean
Dr. Michael D. Hanson
Vice Dean
Dr Eyakndue Ntekim
Lecturer