Nigerian Law School Bar Final Exam Result 2018 is Out.
The Nigerian Law School (NLS) has released the summary of the final examination results conducted in August, 2018.
Speaking in a statement released on Saturday, Mr Chinedu Ukekwe, the Head of Information and Protocol of the Nigerian Law School, said that a total of 5,846 candidates participated in the exam with 4,633 emerging successfully, indicating 80% pass rate.
According to him, a total number of 161 candidates bagged the first class honour with 695 candidates in the Second Class Upper Division, while 1,276 are in the Second Class Lower Division.
A total number of 2, 501 (42.78%) were also graded with Pass as released. The result shows that 218 (3.73%) had conditional pass, with 965 (16.15%) candidates failing the bar finals, while a total of 30 candidates which is just 0.51%, being absent.
The result, without doubt, shows that the 2018 Bar Finals Results is the best ever in the History of the Nigerian Law School. Recall that this is the first bar finals examination for a session ever conducted by the current Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN.
The call to bar ceremony has been therefore fixed for the 27th, 28th and 29th day of November 2018, following the change of date for the ceremony as announced by the Distinguished Body of Benchers in a notice released earlier this month.
The establishment of the Law School became necessary because of the need to have a Law School which will cure the deficiency in the training of Nigerians who obtained qualifications in Law abroad and to provide the much needed practical training to those aspiring to become Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Law School formally began operations in 1963 at No. 213A Igbosere road, Lagos. As a result of growth and expansion, the school was moved to Victoria Island in 1969 and relocated to Abuja in 1997.
In 1997, the Federal Government approved the Council’s proposal to establish three campuses of the Law School in Lagos, Kano and Enugu, and even more recently in 2009 approved the establishment of two new campuses in Yola, Adamawa State and Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.