ABSTRACT The quest to foster professionalism and improve access to justice for all led to the adoption of clinical legal education (CLE) by law schools across the globe. CLE gives law students opportunities to have real-life work experience, while at the same time rendering free legal services to indigent members of the community. Notwithstanding that CLE is being infused into the curricula of faculties of law of Nigerian universities and the Nigerian Law School (NLS) through the introduction of clinical courses, a number of factors hinder its sustainability. This paper appraises the adoption of CLE in Nigeria as well as its challenges and articulates strategies necessary for its sustenance. It argues that mere curricula modification by the training institutions is not adequate and calls for a holistic review of the legal education policy and structure of legal practice in Nigeria if the country is to tap the benefits of CLE. It emphasises the need for concerted efforts by law faculties to engage and partner with relevant government agencies, community, alumni and the legal profession in sustaining CLE and fostering high standards of training of law students.

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尼日利亚可持续临床法律教育的挑战和策略

摘要 对培养专业精神和改善所有人诉诸司法的机会的追求导致全球法学院采用临床法律教育 (CLE)。CLE 为法学院学生提供获得实际工作经验的机会，同时为社区的贫困成员提供免费法律服务。尽管 CLE 正通过引入临床课程被注入尼日利亚大学法学院和尼日利亚法学院 (NLS) 的课程中​​，但仍有许多因素阻碍了其可持续性。本文评估了 CLE 在尼日利亚的采用及其挑战，并阐明了其维持所需的策略。它认为，仅仅通过培训机构修改课程是不够的，如果该国要利用 CLE 的好处，就需要对尼日利亚的法律教育政策和法律实践结构进行全面审查。它强调法学院需要协同努力，与相关政府机构、社区、校友和法律专业人士合作并与之合作，以维持 CLE 和培养高标准的法学院学生培训。