The Nigerian Law School has released results of its 2021 final bar examinations, showing that 20 got first class while 1,326 candidates failed.
Of the 5,770 students who sat for the examinations, the Council of Legal Education said 20 students (0.07%) made first-class while 432 (7.49%) students made Second Class (Upper Division).
The examinations, which are a prerequisite for being called to the Nigerian bar, released on Tuesday, July 6, shows a total number of 2,172 (37.64%) students made Second Class (Lower Division) while 1,725 (29.90%) made pass, 35 (0.61%) students have conditional pass while 1,326 (22.98%) failed.
Of the number, 60 (1.04%) students were absent.
The results were also approved at the Council’s meeting and the 27th and 28th July 2021 were picked for the call to Bar.
This year’s outcome is the highest figure of students who failed the exams since 2017.