LAW, SPECIALIZATION, TEACHING AND PRACTICE

Abstract

Specialization, Law, Teaching and Practices, is a vexing issue and has become inevitable in the emerging  global community.  The  concept  has  also  become  imperative  in  every  productive discussion relating to legal education and research both at the national level, regional fora and at the  international  scene.  Any  presentation  and  discussion  on  specialization  in  law  teaching  and practice is aimed at imbibing skills in the lawyer with particular reference to developing interest in specific or chosen area of law with a view of having specialized and technical knowledge other than  the  general  knowledge  he  or  she  may  have  acquired  during  the  general  training  as  a  law student  in  respective  faculties  of  law  as  well  as  the  law  school.  To  this  end,  the  idea  of specialization borders on taking legal education to a point where a lawyer is no longer seen as a professional trained toknow everything but more important acquired general knowledge of law but for purposes of teaching and practices takes interest and skill in one area or aspect of law.