HOD's Welcome Address

The Faculty of Law, Lagos State University is the Flagship of LASU. The Department of International and Islamic Law is one of the cognate departments in the faculty of Law, Lagos State University. Hitherto, there were five departments in the Faculty comprising: 1. Jurisprudence and International Law; 2. Business Law; 3. Public Law; 4. Private and Property Law; and 5. Islamic Law. However, these five departments were merged into three as follows: 1. International and Islamic Law; 2. Business Law; and 3. Public and Private Law as a result of restructuring. As at today, there are ten (10) academic staff members and two non-academic staff members distributed as follows:

1. Two (2) Professors;

2. One (1) Associate Professor/Reader;

3. One (1) Senior Lecturer;

4. Two (2) Lecturer I;

5. Three (3) Assistant Lecturers; and

6. One (1) Graduate Assistant.

In conjunction with other departments, the department offers range of courses both compulsory and elective to students wishing to obtain the LL.B single (Common Law) and combined (Common and Islamic Law) degrees of the Faculty. It also supports the postgraduate programme of the faculty through teaching and research from the Masters level up to the Ph.D level.

As the second best university in Nigeria, and 501 in the world the department is poised to carry the flag of the Faculty as the Flagship of the university to the next level in terms of educational attainment. I therefore welcome you all to the department of International and Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, Lagos State University. Thank you.