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Career Opportunities in Law: Some Evidence on Career Choices of Nigerian Law Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2020

Glory O. Onoyeyan  and
Oludayo J. Bamgbose
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Abstract

The significance of career choice in human life cannot be overstated. Many law students upon graduation do not proceed to mainstream legal practice. They pursue careers in public administration, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), as corporate secretaries, and so on. The aim of this study is to confirm the readiness of law students to proceed to legal practice upon graduation and to assess their level of career awareness in relation to law-related careers. The study also determined the areas of interest of law students in law-related careers. The study employed the survey research design in which questionnaires were used to collect data from the twelve universities that run the approved undergraduate law program up to 500 level in south-west Nigeria. Krejcie and Morgan's formula was used to select the sample size of 597. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that a majority of law students do not wish to proceed into mainstream legal practice. Law students’ career intentions are in a variety of legal careers.

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International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , Winter 2019 , pp. 132 - 140
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Footnotes

1

© Glory O. Onoyeyan 2019. The author holds LLB, MLIS, Ph.D., and CLN degrees. Dr. Onoyeyan is the Law Librarian at Babcock University, Iperu-Remo, Nigeria.

2

© Oludayo John Bamgbose 2019. The author holds BLIS, MLIS, LLB, BL, and CLN degrees. Mr. Bamgbose is a faculty member at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria, where he works as Law Librarian and Law Lecturer.

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