Twenty out of 4,350 successful candidates who participated in the March 2021 Bar Final Examination of the Nigerian Law School, bagged first class.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Director-General of the School, Prof. Isa Ciroma made the disclosure on Sunday while presenting the successful candidates for July 2021 Call to the Nigerian Bar to the Body of Benchers in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He noted that a total of 5,770 candidates sat the March 2021 Bar Final Examination.
“Total number of candidates who participated in the examination were 5, 770 and out of the number, 4,350 candidates were successful, with 20 recording first class,” he said.
The figures, according to him, represented 75 percent success of the final examination.
It was gathered that 432 candidates made Second Class Upper, 2,174 made Second Class Lower, and 1,724 others pass.
Ciroma assured that the institution will continue to remain the gatekeepers of the law profession, adding, “as teachers and administrators, we will continue to uphold the standard and integrity of the Bar.”
On his part, Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, Chairman, Body of Benchers, said that the graduates were expected to adhere to the provision of rules guiding the profession at all times.
“I urge you to conduct yourselves in the most responsible way expected of you as people in a noble profession.
“As a lawyer, you are an officer of the court and accordingly, you are not to do any act or conduct in a manner that will obstruct or adversely affect the course of justice.
“The practice of Law is not a right but a privilege.
“It is a privilege that can be lost should you fail to live up the requisite professional standards imposed upon you by virtue of your entry into the community of lawyers,” he said.
He stressed that the Body of Benchers Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee is always ready to discipline any lawyer found wanting or breaching set rules of the profession.
Gatekeepers News reports that RhodesVivour disclosed that his committee, between January to July, disbarred six lawyers, suspended some following none adherence to the laid down rules
“Be of good behavior in the course of your operations and abide by the ethics and values of the profession, to avoid being brought before the committee”, he advised.
Rhodes-Vivour further advised the graduates to continue to read and update their knowledge on both statute and case law in order to grow in the profession.
