- Department of Private Law @Faculty of Law
Posgraduate Private Law programmes are available at PhD, LLM Private Law, M.A Private Law and PGDIL levels. Please check application forms for PG programmes at the School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS) application forms portal:
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Although the department does not have undergraduate students, however, Lecturers and undergraduate courses are domiciled in the department. All undergraduate courses with code LWPR are domiciled in the department of Private Law.
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HOD, Department of Private Law
Welcome to the Department of Private Law, one of the founding departments of the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Although the department does not have undergraduate students, however, Lecturers and undergraduate courses are domiciled in the department. All undergraduate courses with code LWPR are domiciled in the department of Private Law. At the postgraduate level, the department offers Doctor of Philosopy (Phd), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), LLM and Master of Arts (MA) in private Law. The department also offers a specialised postgraduate Diploma in Estate Management Law. I invite you to explore our website to know more about the department, programmes, facilitators. It must be stated that while the department key into the University vision and mission, it support students in pursuit of a personal, professional and academic experiance within and outside the University while am confident that you will find our staff members very helpful, do not hesitate to contact us at privatelaw@abu.edu.ng if you need further clerification !
Mission, Vision and Philosophy
To advance the frontiers of learning and break new grounds in the areas of contract law, equity and trust, private international law, property law, computational and competition law through teaching and research and dissemination of knowledge of highest quality; to produce seasoned and qualified man power capable of widening the horizon of private law practice in Nigeria and the world at large.
The Department of Private Law shall be a leading Department of Private Law in Africa and comparable to any other in the world; Excell in imparting contemporary knowledge, using state of the art facilities to men and women of all races as well as generating new ideas and intellectual practices relevant to our thematic areas of research.
Impactful teaching and research for development based on ethics, integrity and thoughtfulness