any person who is entitled to practise as a barrister in England or Scotland. EDUCATION In Nigeria, the education of a lawyer starts at university. A person aspiring to study law at university in Nigeria is required to have completed secondary school education and passed the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Exam with at least 5 'O' level credit passes in arts and social science subjects including: English, Mathematics and Literature-in-English. Candidates are admitted into the faculties of law in Nigerian universities either by direct entry  or by undertaking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME). Direct entry candidates are admitted into the second year of the five-year LLB degree programme. The qualifications acceptable for direct entry (in addition to the 'O' level subjects include: a university degree in disciplines other than law; a two-year diploma in law; and other qualifications in fields outside law such as a Higher National Diploma. It takes five years to complete a law degree in Nigeria. Upon completion, graduates are awarded an LL.B 'Bachelor of Laws'. The undergraduate curriculum requires law students to study 12 compulsory core law courses and 11 optional law courses. The compulsory core law courses are essential for the obtainment of a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD). The law courses are as follows: Core law courses Optional Law courses 1. Legal Methods 1. Administrative Law 2. Nigerian Legal System 2. Banking and Insurance Law 3. Contract Law 3. Conflict of Laws 4. Constitutional Law 4. Law of Conveyancing 5. Company Law