The School has been working to carry out its share of responsibility towards the fulfillment of the University’s grand vision to become one of the top ten Universities in Africa. To that end, the school has been making sure that researchers would get the forums to present their research works and share ideas with fellow scholars. Academic staffs have been conducting researches in different topics that are expected to have immense importance in solving community’s problem. The research activities are conducted either with the financial assistance and cooperation of partner institutions or with research grants from the School’s budget. The following are the research thematic areas that the school carefully identified and approved for all future researches:
- Criminal Justice and Human Rights
- Environmental and Land Law
- Economic Laws
- Governance and Democratization
These thematic areas are meant, among other things, to strengthen our postgraduate programs through research. The school’s strategy on putting the research outputs into practical problem solution has been made clear in its community services thematic areas. They are identified as:
- Free-Legal Aid Services
- Community-based Legal Awareness Programs
