July 08, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Law School has released the results of its 2021 final Bar examinations and, of the 5,770 students who sat for the exams, 1,326 candidates failed, representing over 22 percent.
The results of the exams, which are a prerequisite for being called to the Nigerian Bar, were released on Tuesday, July 6.
The Director of Administration of the Nigerian Law School, Elizabeth Max-Uba, confirmed the release of the results.
The Council of Legal Education statistics showed that a total of 5,770 students sat for the exams and 20 students (0.07%) made first-class while 432 (7.49%) students made Second Class (Upper Division).
A total number of 2,172 (37.64%) students made Second Class (Lower Division) while 1,725 (29.90%) passed 35 (0.61%) Students have conditional pass while 1,326 (22.98%) failed. 60 (1.04%) students were absent.
This year’s outcome is the highest figure of students who failed the exams since 2017.
Successful participants will be called to the Nigerian Bar in a Call-to-Bar ceremony scheduled to hold on July 27 and 28.
