The Role of University Law Clinics in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ahmadu Bello University Law Clinic

Abstract

This paper discussed the role of University Law Clinics in police stations, courts, and prisons, challenges faced by the Clinicians and Recommendations on how to effectively utilize the Clinicians in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, bearing in mind
that University Law Clinics activities are the best avenue to impart the requisite knowledge of the law to law students. This is because the Law Clinics activities go beyond the classroom lectures, as it provides rare opportunity for law students to experience how the law works in the society. The clinical activities provide answer to the question whether law is capable of responding to contemporary societal needs and problems. It has a matchless effect on the opinions, beliefs, demeanour and values of law students. The University Law Clinics furnish law students with reasonable legal skills, exposes them to the social and
economic injustice in the society and it also assist in producing legal practitioners that have public interest litigation build in their minds.