The Unique Role of Law Library in the Training of Legal Practitioners in Nigeria

The Law library has been playing an indispensable role in the training of legal practitioners in Nigeria, Law library provides the resources necessary for the training of legal practitioners, these resources include the primary sources of law, secondary sources of law and other legal information resources like electronic resources, all these are tools for the training of would be lawyers.Legal education dates back to the period of colonization of Nigeria by the British. The law library is as old as the legal profession itself. The contribution of law library to the training of lawyers have produced successful lawyers in the country. This paper has highlighted the history of legal education in Nigeria, the history of law library, the input of regulatory bodies to the training of lawyers, the role of legal practitioners to the society and the role of law library and law librarian in the training of legal practitioners