It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria. The Jos Bar whose office is located in the city of Jos, Plateau State is a Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association. It has well over Six Hundred members with offices all over the state and beyond. Its organizational structure comprises the general members of the Branch, the Executive Counc
il members (EXCO) and the Committees. The Nigerian Bar Association is a principled, people-centered organization which takes, with all seriousness, its leading role in advancing the needed reform of the Nigerian legal system towards the promotion of the rule of law and good governance. The Jos Branch of the Association is committed to strengthening the legal skills and law practice of its members by improving their practice in order to meet the needs of the 21stcentury. To achieve these roles, it seeks to reposition its ever growing membership to embrace and cope with changes occasioned by globalization, information technology and economic development to enhance its capacity to compete in the local, national and the globalised market. THE CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION:
The Jos Bar draws its conceptual definition directly from the National body which is to be in the vanguard for the promotion and defence of rule of law, good governance, social justice and the unity of all persons.
