The College of Law, Caleb University, Lagos, has signed a linkage agreement with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), to equip its students with multiple disciplines, and make them future-ready upon graduation.
The college also collaborated with the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA), to groom its students in the act of public interest lawyering.
The group also inducted interested students into its international platform. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the ICSAN President and Chairman of Council, Mrs Funmi Ekundayo, said in addition to the dual qualifications for students, the linkage would enable members of the institute to mentor them on the practical aspects of what they are taught in school. She said the institute, which is about good governance, has developed a robust curriculum for the partnership, which would add value to participants.
The Dean, College of Law, Prof. Foluke Dada, said the linkage agreement is important, especially for the training of future administrators, which is about ensuring that the students are job-ready when they graduate.
She said the college has worked on an agreement that would ensure that the students benefit from the wealth of knowledge both within and outside the university.
The dean stated that the curriculum has been designed as part of the linkage, to prepare the students as professional administrators. “I am proposing that by the first semester of the 2024/25 academic session, our students will be fully engaged, and the Caleb College of Law will be a centre where other people who are taking the course can attend,” she said.
She added that the curriculum is designed such that lecturers from the main campus of the university, particularly from the management sciences and administration, will come to the college to teach the students, while some members of ICSAN will also participate.
She said it would be a two-part programme where students, before completing their first degree, would have completed half of the course and upon graduation, write two courses and complete the training.
Meanwhile, the South-south Coordinator of PILIWA Nigeria, Mr Courage Nsirimovu, said the knowledge of public interest lawyering would enable the students to stand up for social rights, especially for indigent and disadvantaged people, who cannot stand for their rights.
