The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is Nigeria’s apex Institution for research and advanced studies in law. It was a brainchild of the legal academic community established in March 1979. One of the main ideas in founding the Institute was to establish it as the centre for advanced legal research for all the Nigerian universities with Faculties of Law, so that all postgraduate work could be undertaken there under the joint auspices of the most experienced and learned academic lawyers available in the country, whether indigenous or foreign.
In 1995 the enabling law of the Institute, now fully incorporated into the Laws of the Federation 2004 as section 4(c), Cap. N112, was amended to mandate the Institute to run post-graduate courses in Legislative Drafting.
Consequently, the Institute’s Postgraduate School (PGS) was established in 1997 as the Postgraduate Studies Unit with the sole aim of running a Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting (PGDLD) and Masters Degree in Legislative Drafting (LL M) This was the first of its kind, not only in Nigeria but in Africa. The Institute has also recently commenced a Ph D Programme in Legislative Drafting.
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