Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, says that the instruction has produced more than 3,000 law graduates since its establishment in 1999.
Igbinedion University is a private educational facility situated in Okada Town, near Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Prof Ezemonye made this disclosure Saturday, in Okada, during the valedictory ceremony and public lecture for the 2022/2023 graduating students of the premier private university.
Ezemonye said the university’s law graduates were excelling in their various undertakings across the globe with some becoming Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN).
In an address to graduating students on Saturday, Ezemonye said the university has sufficiently equipped them with knowledge and skills to face the future with confidence.
The challenge before the graduating law students he said was to go to the Law School to replicate and surpass their performance at the university and stand out from the crowd as their predecessors had done.
“The university’s commitment to academic excellence remains on course. We have escalated our internationalisation programme as a platform for knowledge exchange, research and development.
“Our Master Classes are up and running through the injection of industry experts in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice,” he said.
Earlier in his address, the dean, Oba Erediauwa College of Law of the university, Professor Osaretin Izevbuwa called for the establishment of more law schools in the country to accommodate the quantum of graduates produced yearly by the various law colleges across the country.
This, Izevbuwa said, would promote justice delivery in the Nigeria.
He observed that the present quota assigned to the university at the Nigerian Law School was 100 and stressed that the management was committed to securing more spaces.
He urged the graduates to follow the standards at the Law School and be good ambassadors of the institution while furthering their academic pursuit.
Delivering the public lecture, Mr Afam Osigwe advised the graduates to narrow their interest to specific areas as they proceed to law school.
Osigwe said the legal profession was very competitive and only those who went the extra mile could excel in the field.
He stressed networking with individuals and groups within and outside the realm of law practice was also key to accessing new and existing vistas of knowledge, access and opportunities.
