Too Many Law Schools Will Collapse Ethics of Legal Profession- Ex Commissioner

Former Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Awa Kalu, SAN, has warned the Federal Government over establishment of many Law School campuses in the country.

The legal professional expressed his concern over an attempt to create six new campuses of the Nigerian Law School, stating that it will degenerate the ethic of the noble legal profession.

Kalu in an interview with Vanguard published on Wednesday, was asked about his views on the recent bill passed by the Senate for the establishment of six more branches of the Nigerian Law School in the six geo- political zones in the country. Kalu said, “I know that at this time, we have different campuses of the Nigerian Law School in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu, Yola, Yenagoa, as well as one that is upcoming in Port Harcourt and I cannot therefore understand what you mean by ‘six more branches of the Nigerian Law School in the six geo-political zones in the country.

’”“I must say that in this country, we have a way of overdoing things. If, therefore, there is an attempt to open up six new campuses, then that would be putting our legal education in overdrive. Too many cooks, they say, spoil the broth.

In that connection, we must appreciate and this is very well understood, that we already have a discernable drop in standards, quality, as well as a degeneration in the ethics of the legal profession. Accordingly, let us not hire more cooks.