The department of ILJ is the most recently established department in the Faculty of Law. It is carefully composed of most of the dedicated, committed and highly intelligent staff of the faculty, who shares a common vision of producing excellent academic research and a strong passion for international law and jurisprudence. The department is technology savvy and is determined to make a difference by integrating modern research and teaching especially for its PG programmes. It has nine (9) staff comprising two Professors, four senior lecturers and three Lecturers - one respectively.
The department offers two postgraduate programmes namely: LL. M (ILJ) and Specialised Masters in International Legal Studies (MILS). As part of its academic activities, the department organises seminars for academics within and outside the department. Over the years, the best papers presented are peer-reviewed and published in local and international law journals.
The department maintains a high-quality journal under the auspices of the Bayero Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence. It is a blind peer-review journal and publishes annually. The journal is dedicated to the publication of original scholarly articles, short notes, book reviews and cases reviews in the areas of International Law and Jurisprudence.