ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Public Law was established in 1988. It is one of the oldest departments in the Faculty of Law, Bayero University, Kano. At present, the department has 11 academic staff who specialised in various branches of public law. This include but not limited to Human Rights Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Terrorism Law, Consumer Protection Law, Labour Law, Economic and Financial Crimes Law, Legal Clinic, Property Law, Oil and Gas Law, Cybercrimes Law and Information And Communications Technology (ICT) Law.
In 2018, the department started offering a specialised Masters programme in Public Law- LL.M (Public Law). At present, the department offers three postgraduate programmes namely: LL. M (Public Law), LL. M (ICT Law) and a Professional Masters in Information Technology Law (MITL). There are currently over 90 registered postgraduate students in the department. Some are undergoing course work while some working on their dissertations and a few have already completed their programmes.
The staff in the department are working assiduously with a view to ensuring that students complete their respective programmes within the minimum period prescribed for their study. The department’s main vision is to foster excellence in legal research, publication, and innovation.
As part of our academic activities, the department organises seminars for the academics within and outside the department. Over the years, best papers presented are peer reviewed and published in local and international law journals.
It may interest you to note that the maiden edition of the departmental journal (Bayero Journal of Public Law) came into existence in 2009. Since then the department has been publishing different editions of the journal. Preparations to publish the June, 2023 edition of the journal has reached advance stage and any moment from now it will come out from the press.
The department welcomes prospective applicants for our programmes from Nigeria and abroad. We assure you that the department provides a friendly teaching, research and learning environment for our students. You will never regret coming to us.
"Although only a few days in the once, my vision and mission for the department is to build on what I met in the department in terms of teaching and research and also staff development. This will necessarily become possible by exercising leadership with a vision and empowering staff in the department and also by engaging them to ensure the highest level of quality, integrity and ethics in all research undertaken and to create an enabling environment conducive for academic activities. In a nutshell, the department’s main vision is to foster excellence in research, publication, and innovation."
