How to qualify as a lawyer in Nigeria The Nigerian legal system runs a common law system of administration. It is centred on the English common law by virtue of colonisation, the Constitution ,  legislative enactments, customary law, Islamic law and case law (judicial precedents). The legal profession in Nigeria is fused; a legal practitioner who is enrolled in Nigeria practices law as both an advocate and a solicitor. Legal education commenced officially in Nigeria in 1962 with the enactment of two principal pieces of legislation: the Legal Education Act 1962 (this Act was re-enacted and is now contained in the Legal Education (Consolidation, etc) Act, Chapter 206, Laws of Federation of Nigeria1990 .)  which set up the Council of Legal Education and established the Nigerian Law School to train individuals seeking to practice law in Nigeria; and the Legal Practitioners Act 1962 (this Act was re-enacted as the Legal Practitioners Act, Chapter 207 LFN 1990 ) to regulate the practice of the Law in Nigeria. Prior to 1962, all of the people enrolled to practice law in Nigeria were trained in the United Kingdom, such that a call to the English or Scottish Bar qualified a Nigerian to be enrolled and practice law in Nigeria. This was made possible by virtue of Order xvi Rule 1 of the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 1 and 6 made pursuant to the Supreme Court Ordinance 1876, which empowered the Chief Justice to approve, admit and enrol as a barrister and solicitor,