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    ASSESSMENT OF ICT UTILISATION AMONG LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN KWARA STATE
    (Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2023) YAHAYA, Ibrahim Olarewaju; ALIYU, Mahmud; ABDULLAHI, Ibrahim Mohammed; NUHU, Silifat Ranti
    ICT holds the key to success of modernizing information and legal profession is in dire need this. This study examines the utilization of ICTs among legal practitioners in Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design, the population of the study was 772 consists of all the registered legal practitioners in Ilorin and Offa branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Total enumeration was adopted and stratified sampling technique applied. The study used questionnaire as data collection instrument and the data collected were analyzed. The study found out the available ICT resources includes mobile phones, laptops, desktops, scanners, electronic court records, Internets and CD-Rom, which the legal practitioners use on daily bases purposely to further knowledge on legal issues, for the work in progress and to defend their client in the court of law. The study also reported that revamping nature of ICT resources, poor internet facility, epileptic power supply are some of the challenges that legal practitioners encountered while using ICT resources. The study concludes that ICT utilization is ponderous in legal profession. Among the recommendations given is that a standby generator/inerter should be provided to curb the issue of power failure. Keywords: Assessment, ICT Utilisation, Legal Practitioners, Kwara State.