Accreditation Status Of Faculty Of Law, Madonna University

ACCREDITATION STATUS OF FACULTY OF LAW, MADONNA UNIVERSITY, OKIJA

At its meeting of October 22, 2013, the Council of Legal Education considered the reports of its Accreditation and Special Visitation Panels to the Faculty of Law, Madonna University, Okija.

It emerged from the findings by the Panels that:

1. The Faculty had an ageing teaching staff made up mostly of retired academics and inadequate in number;
2. There was a large number of graduands who have been unable to gain admission to the Nigerian Law School due to the flagrant disregard of the Faculty’s admission quota of 50 on regular basis. The Faculty is known to graduate more than 600 students annually. In the current School Year of 2013/2014, the Faculty was indulged with about 500 places for its students at the Nigerian Law School. This was done to ensure that the students did not suffer for the indiscipline of their institution. It is also on record that there are over 1,000 graduates of this Faculty yet to attend the Nigerian Law School. This is the true story of this Law Faculty, which has always mass produced law graduates, even when it has no facilities in place for such; and when it does not have the authority of the Council of Legal Education so to do.
3. There were inadequate physical and learning facilities in terms of classroom capacity and library collections, among others;
4. There was an over bearing attitude on the part of the Proprietor of the University; and undue interference by Nuns in the affairs of the Faculty. These have been hampering the administrative efficiency in the Faculty. It was also found that the authorities have been adopting unorthodox disciplinary measures in dealing with students;

The Council of Legal Education will not be drawn into the issue of admission of any student that accepts to study in the Faculty throughout the period of withdrawal of its accreditation please.

SECRETARY TO THE COUNCIL AND DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION