Assessment of ICT Utilisation Among Legal Practitioners in Kwara State
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2022
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Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library & Information Science
Abstract
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 consisting of all the
registered legal practitioners in the Ilorin and Offa branches of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA). Total enumeration was adopted and a stratified sampling technique was applied. The
study used a questionnaire as a data collection instrument and the data collected were analyzed.
The study found out the available ICT resources include mobile phones, laptops, desktops,
scanners, electronic court records, Internet and CD-Rom, which 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 the nature of ICT
resources, poor internet facilities, and 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 the legal profession. Among the recommendations given is that a
standby generator/inverter should be provided to curb the issue of power failure
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Assessment, ICT Utilisation, Legal Practitioners, Kwara State.