COLLEGE FOR LEGAL STUDIES, YOLA ADAMAWA STATE

The College for Legal Studies, Yola is a state institution in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, on Lamido Maigari Street. It provides legal education and the training of ethical, skilled legal professionals, together with interdisciplinary studies in the social sciences, arts and languages, and information technology. Its motto is "A Journey to Excellence". The college is affiliated with the University of Maiduguri, which anchors its academic programmes to national standards.

Academic work is organised into four schools and a directorate. The School of Law covers commercial law, private law, public law, and Sharia and civil law. The School of Social Sciences has the Departments of Criminology and Security Studies, Public Administration, and Peace and Conflict Resolution. The School of Arts and Languages has the Departments of Arabic Studies Education, Islamic Studies Education and English. The School of ICT and General Studies has the Departments of Computer Science and General Studies, the latter serving all other departments with courses in humanities, social sciences and basic sciences.

The Directorate of Consultancy Services oversees the Department of Advanced Diploma in Law and the Department of Consultancy Services. The consultancy department delivers training for local governments and organisations through study centres in Mubi and Numan local governments of Adamawa State and a centre in Jalingo, Taraba State.

Students take part in legal aid clinics, where they assist people who cannot afford a lawyer under the supervision of licensed practitioners; internships at law firms, courts and government agencies; and legal research projects and academic competitions, including moot court. The college also runs workshops, seminars and conferences for professional development and community engagement.

The college library concentrates on law, with case law, statutes, legal journals and textbooks, and also holds materials in computer science, sociology, criminology, peace and conflict studies and public administration. It has reading rooms and computer workstations, and library staff run information literacy workshops.