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Tuesday 21 October 2014

Nigerian Law School students release statement, say their DA lied

Some students of the Nigerian Law School have responded to the statements made by the Director of Administration of the Law School yesterday (read here), calling it appalling, contradictory and a blatant lie. They have written to explain some facts that they say are easily evidenced by the law school records. Find the statement below...
The Nigerian Law School has issued a statement in the media claiming that the mass failure of the 2014 results is a lie. It is so unfortunate that an institution like the Nigerian Law School and its new acting DG cannot even stand by their actions and tell the truth. 
The Nigerian law school is meant to be an institution that breeds future legal practitioners and Judges of this great country. The mass failure of 5800 students is no joke and cannot be kept hidden. 
There are some students that their whole community or villages had to pull their resources together before paying their tuition fees. Some students parents had to sacrifice and forfeit money they have been saving to maintain their household only so one child in the family can get an opportunity to become a lawyer while others had to endulge in hard labour to pay the fees of the Nigerian Law School which cost 365,000 Naira. 

The new acting DG called ONADEKO and his puppet that have been lying in the media should know that the more they lie, the stronger it will make the student who's lives have been stolen to stand up against such tyranny and oppression. We live in an age of multiple social media networks and an age with a plethora of global communication. 

It is written in the article that only 57.01% of students passed and  in the same article it is written that only 1000 students failed. As you can see that makes absolutely no sense. It is written in the article that 5841 regular students wrote this years exam. It can also be easily checked that way more than 5841 regular students took the exam. By records given by the secretary of the law school of Abuja, over 7000 students throughout all the campuses  with 2000 students writing the exam in the law school in Abuja wrote the bar 2 exam and only 1200 are being called to bar with 800 students given conditional passes.

These are facts that can easily be obtained by the law school as it can be given by just inquiring at the Abuja campus. Even if 1335 students were resitting exams with only 88 people passing, that would mean 5665 students failed. This is something that has never happened in the history of any law school in any country. If 5665 students who took the exam for the first time failed an exam that they paid over 300,000 Naira for then it is blatantly obvious that there is a problem with the institution and not the students.

It's acceptable that some students do not take the exam seriously enough, but it is ridiculous to say that 5665 students which excludes the resit students were not up to standard.

The students will not relent nor tolerate Onadeko's actions because he can't steal peoples lives and come out in the media with a blatant lie due to his incapacity to handle the affairs of the Nigerian law school. He has failed as a leader and a legal practitioner due to his actions. If the the students of the Nigerian law school cannot rise up and defend themselves and the results that has been stolen from them,how can they come out and defend people in the society that have been unlawfully affected in different ways. 

The mass failure of the 2014 results is a test to the Nigerian law students and they have been charged with the duty of defending themselves and the next set of students after them. If the DG claims that the students are lying, then let him publish the results in newspapers for everyone to see. The students should rely in the capability,integrity and judgement of institutions which the efficacy of their authority supersedes that of the Nigeria Law School such as the National Assembly and the Body of Benchers. 

Nigeria has it's problems,yes! But we have not lost hope in the integrity of all our institutions. They should continue striving for what is right until a proper investigation has been conducted which we believe will reveal the truth about the situation. Rumor has it that the DG called ONADEKO marked some of the answer scripts himself. 

If the Judiciary, Body of Benchers and the National Assembly does not investigate the mass failure of the 2014 Law School results will only lead to the conclusion that Nigeria and it's institutions of knowledge are nothing but play grounds of the heads of institutions who will do what they want,when they want.

The Judiciary and the National Assembly are the ordinary persons institution of hope. If they don't investigate this foul play under the leadership of ONADEKO as acting DG of the Nigerian Law School and penalize him ,then the Executive arm of government will have to intervene and play it's role as the protectors of the nations students, youths and institutions in general.

133 comments:

Uche Emma said...

Hmmmm.

This is just the begining

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Unknown said...

wonders shall never end!!

sandradams222@gmail.com said...

Lolz, Naija for u

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Is this statement from the body of the whole law students,the ones that passed or the students that failed the examination.
The source is very important.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

i cant figure out were our country is heading to....
God will surely help us.
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Hephzibah Frances said...

Truly, I don't see what pointing fingers and calling names will achieve.
If the results can be reviewed, then they should be reviewed..the banter and claims in the media is more than we need. Action should be taken.

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Anonymous said...

Imagine. DA lied. I just keep wondering though.















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Bishop Dammy said...

Eyah it is well.. Continue to study hard and your efforts would be crowned with success in Jesus name. 2tim 2:14. BishopDammy#

Unknown said...

Enough of all this rants already.i doubt if anything can be done to salvage this situation.the deed has been done.i have paased thru the gate of law school,i prepared for a better mark(2.1) but they eventually gave me 2.2 but can I protest or call ffor my script?hell No!
Nextime work harder!write less,go straight to the point and above all put God in all you do.thaat was my secret to success in lawschool.+start reading from day one

jbankzE said...

Shebi na naija wea any BS can happen.... Rubbish lawyers

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Unknown said...

Hmmmm... I just they observe....

Anonymous said...

Seriously this incoherent rubbish was written by lawyers...how I weep for this noble profession. I recollect how proud I was to attend the Nigerian Law School, however each time I relate with som so called lawyers, I am dismayed by their lack of professionalism and etiquette. It is time Nigerians woke up to the relaxation that the study of law mystery nit necessarily culminate in engaging in legal practice as a Barrister or Solicitor. Study law for analytical skills and take that to engage in other careers if you are not competent to pass the Bar Exams.

Anonymous said...

All this law students should Pls take a chill pill. U need to see majority of the female law students in abuja law school who spend most of thier time in maitiama and asokoro exchanging csf* for Money. People wey pass the exams shey dem get 2 head or wait oo I forgot dem dy related to the DA. Precious time dt should be spent Reading is bn spent protesting result when we both knw d end result.

Anonymous said...

Dia ris God o

Omaa said...

Ok enough of this rubbish! If 2000 students passed and you were not one of them you should be ashamed! What effrontery! Instead of you to start reading n preparing for the next year, you are busy talking rubbish!

Anonymous said...

But why law school come fail everybody like dis. The students too dull due to miracle centers to obtain WAEC and blocking to pass university courses? Na law school dem meet their Waterloo? Abi d law school lecturers dey do that nonsense when some departments dey do for university, thinking say na to fail everybody na im be the real deal? Nonsense. When Fed. Govt universities don fail people finish, the people result nor go good reach their less intelligent mate own from private universities( sorry o) when dem attend interview to get job.

Unknown said...

Lawyers are Liars! Make we just dey watch dey go.
Just like Madonna University where mass failure is like tea $ bread.

D ROCK said...

Judges of this great country. The mass failure of 5800 students is no joke and cannot be kept hidden
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Alloy Chikezie said...

And I ask again, So what or which do we believe now?


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Anonymous said...

This is just so so sad.

ary said...

They should resolve this ASAP, these are people's lives and career we are talking about here!

Unknown said...

I can't really blame the DG cos most graduates this days are not even serious with their studies

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Dave Mide said...

You have got to like this back and forth attack ....we are watching

Anonymous said...

Which student wrote and signed this? If dem born you well, sign with your full name.

Anonymous said...

Which one be 'who's' na? WHOSE. Nor come spoil the small one when I know.

Unknown said...

Well written, pls pple @ d top, can frustrate pple life so much, dat u will hate living. Abeg federal government should do something. Like the writer said, the DG should publish the results. in d newspapers so we can see for ourselves.

Anonymous said...

Whoever wrote this piece has just lost whatever dreams he entertained of becoming a lawyer in Nigeria. He can try out in the North Pole or any where else.

The language in this piece is highly degrading and no matter the point he may be trying to communicate, no lawyer or intending lawyer in this country is allowed to speak in such a manner. It is understood he is upset. It is understood he is passionate. But there is NO excuse for the manner of approach.

The Legal profession is called Noble for a reason and we do NOT wash our dirty linen in public.

The same grading system that the Law school has applied over the years has churned out great Lawyers. So why don't the students look internally and ask themselves questions.

Anonymous said...

This is getting more and more serious. I fear they might eventually not call any of us to the bar this year.

Anonymous said...

This is getting more and more serious. I fear they might eventually not call any of us to the bar this year.

Anonymous said...

This is a serious accusation.
The LAW is in trouble.
If this is true, am not surprised then, because every Nigerian seek for ways to make cool cash, even if it has to be at the expense of his fellow compatriot.

There is God watching us all #Onadeko

Chy 🌹 said...

Hian...dis is tough ooo.Who r we 2 believe?
Biko,sumfin shld be done fast ooo,d money being mentioned ain't peanuts

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Anonymous said...

How true? Wicked: Man rapes 16months old baby in bauchi

Subomi said...

well.. Linda we told you yesterday it was false

Easy-E said...

Oboi, dis one na war...well i like their courage nd spirit towards d outcome of dia result. Let d damn DG publish it as dey said, i mean som institutions authorities can b so wicked a times.....

DADDYSWIFE said...

Wahala don dey!!

Unknown said...

Law students shouldn't base their point & justice on huge amount of money they paid/ what they go thru before they paid the fees, this makes no sense.
The fact that you guys paid huge amount of money doesn't stand for automatic pass. They should make it clear that they prepared for the exams, call for their result & let him(DG) publish the results in newspapers for everyone to see. I never in support of massive failure.
Justice must be done....

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IPHYOLOGIST said...

It's funny how we play politics with people's lives. Permit mee to ask.... If there are 1700 students in the Abuja campus of the law school..... And there are six campuses with almost the same number of students..... I leave you to do the math. This alone proves where the truth lies.... It's all politics but lets consider the ieffect..... If an institution that is supposed to be of impeccable integrity is such a pathetic lie..... It seems justice and equity is nothing but elusive ......

Mirabel Osaheni said...

No one is saying you guys shouldn't fight for what is yours, but I think it's getting too messy. Let those that failed the exams work harder and re-sit, it's that simple! Ok so u guys pay 365,000 and the nation won't rest? Out of several courses, u chose law, the poor students should have considered their background before going into it. I have friends in the foreign languages department of OAU. The Portuguese students in their 3rd year travel to Brazil as part of the requirements for their discipline. They are attached to certain universities there, where they attend lectures and write exams. After that session, they return to Nigeria for their final year. Calculate all they spent please, visa application, flight ticket, feeding and transportation in Brazil for a year! That's more than a million naira, yet some of them fail some courses over there! But you don't hear them shouting and ranting over the amount they spent, instead they come back and re-sit d exams here. And of course that's an extra year! So what's d fuss about 365k? I'm not against the review of the exam results, but pls don't blow it out of proportion. Failure isn't nice, we all know that. But when it comes pls get back on ur feet, work harder and put in more efforts. It is well with us all.

Remy said...

If the the students of the Nigerian law school cannot rise up and defend themselves and the results that has been stolen from them,how can they come out and defend people in the society that have been unlawfully affected in different ways

Remy said...

If the the students of the Nigerian law school cannot rise up and defend themselves and the results that has been stolen from them,how can they come out and defend people in the society that have been unlawfully affected in different ways.

Unknown said...

Hope my Barby no follow for those that carry Fatima Tara oh,make i call her first...

Remy said...

If the the students of the Nigerian law school cannot rise up and defend themselves and the results that has been stolen from them,how can they come out and defend people in the society that have been unlawfully affected in different ways.

Anonymous said...

If Onadeko truly marked any script, then I can assure you that it will be easier for the Carmel to pass through the eye of a needle than for students to pass the bar exam. Those that passed were marked by other lecturers. According to Onadeko when I was in law school at Abuja, its either you are a genius or you are not worthy to be a lawyer. He always maintains an unrealistic high standard as if once you are called to bar, you are made.

Anonymous said...

NLS is not gonna take back their word so instead of all this noise,all those who feel dey deserved to pass shld call for their papers or better still start studing for re-sit/repeat.

Hayzed said...

Nigerian schooling......I decide to be mute

Anonymous said...

Yes oooo, investigation is needed, let him publish d results let's see, I mean d real results not d altered version.

Anonymous said...

Whistleblower should petition external regulatory body to investigate this allegations scandal and get media houses involved with all your evidences to back up this allegations.

Anonymous said...

Linda thank you for this really! Nigerian law student stand up for your right!

Anonymous said...

ghen ghen hmmmmmm 350k 1 yr swkool fees wa oooo

Unknown said...

Linda I graduated from NLS abuja campus and I can boldly tell you that these students are very stupid. ..in fact stupidity is a gross understatement., the word to describe them is not yet in the dictionary. ..NLS is not like universities, you are given exactly what you get. ..it's not even the lecturers that mark the scripts so you can't say it's victimisation. Bar finals no be beans and If you want to pass, you have to work your butt off...wetin happen, abi dem no go spiritual call to bar for that Redeemed church opposite abj campus??? Lmao.

#king said...

Well too late for all dis talk..U guys failed accept it with good faith..u cant punch the sky..Law students dis days are Hoes undercover..They luv dick more than food................................#KingOfKings

glee said...

All these law students should let us hear word. Since when did sch fees become a determinant for success? So because u paid over 300k, u should pass? If u want to succeed, STUDY HARD like never b4. Hardwork pays off.

Unknown said...

Na wa ooo..make we hear word for dem jare

Anonymous said...

I am so glad all of this is happening and that people are speaking out against the blatant failures of the Nigerian
Law school. The world is watching ONADEKO, what will you do? Will you stand as a demi-God believing that you are right and are above review or will you humble yourself and accept that there are real issues with the administration of law school and be the one in your tenure to change that? Don't forget this is he jubilee set of lawyers and history will judge your failure. Me personally I would not want that chip over my shoulder.

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Anonymous said...

You guys should keep your mouths shut and go and read to pass your exams. If you failed, it is because you did not prepare. Don't we see what students of nowadays do with their time?

Anonymous said...

The main problem here is not the law school but the Nigerian university system. Clearly majority of the law graduates did not earn their graduation from university or to put it less harshly did not fully understand the big picture of what they were learning at ungrad law level. The figures indicated by the law school spokesperson is consistent with previous law school results . It's a selective profession which is not open to all. The current sense of entitlement in the new generation of Nigerian students is alarming. Those protesting seem to focus on the the fact that they paid a large amount in fees. I'm not sure how that entitles them to an automatic pass and qualification. Studying for bar exams in nigeria and the rest of the world demands 110% focus. It is rigorous and tasking and there can be no room for fashion, social media or other forms of distraction that the new generation seem to be unable to give up. Advice to all who failed is to suck it in, clear your mind of the blame game, remind yourself that you are responsible for everything you do or do not achieve, focus on an objective, study really hard and understand (not cram) and re-sit the exams with a clear mind. That's the only way to becoming a barrister.

hello kitty said...

what is this one saying??? shut up my friend and go and start preparing for your resit. could it be that this number of students failed because Onadeko removed all the machinery Tahir Maman put in place that aided and abetted cheating? you people did not read, now your shouting bloody murder. please just think for a minute, what reason would the law school have to fail pple? are their campuses not overcrowded enough that they want to add 5,000 more people to the mix? if its the lowest score grade your complaining about, get over yourselves. many have complained before, many more will still complain, but it probably wont change and people still passed. and what is so wrong with onadeko marking? is he not a teacher 1st and foremost before the DG? when he was DDG, he lectured in Lagos campus so what sense do you think you're making? biko park well.

Anonymous said...

Caveat This is not an attempt at deriding
anybody or a set of people. This also
isn’t to make anybody feel bad. I
however cannot guarantee that you
will feel happy after reading this. I
intend saying things as they are. Sorry if you feel bad. And no sorry. Here we go. Background I remember an episode when I was in
SS2 at the prestigious Mayflower
School, Ikenne. Upon the end of a
certain term (second term I think), I
made 55% in English Language and
my father was worried. He asked, “How come you made just 55% in
English Language?” I answered, “Ah, we failed gaan o. In
fact, out of 76 of us in the Class, only 6
scored 70 and above. I even tried.” My father looked at me like I had
asked for both of his kidneys., then
blurted out, “I can guess those that
got distinction have big heads with
two horns abi? Or did they pay extra
school fees?” I stood there, hands-fallen, crestfallen,
smitten and stunned. Lesson learnt

Anonymous said...

Nigerian Law School system Unlike the Universities where you are
inundated with notes, lengthy and
boring lectures, teaching at the Law
School is more practical. Notes and
tasks are sent to each student at least
24 hours before the classes. And in class, it is very interactive. It isn’t like it
is in most Universities where one man
runs the whole show and then walks
away when he is done satisfying
himself- without regard for his
students. Law School lecturers interact with you and at some point will
surprise you by throwing impromptu
questions at you. Before leaving the Law School, it is also
expected that you deliver a
presentation on one of your topics
before the whole class. This way, you
are very much aware of what the topic
entails and more often than not, what you presented on sticks. (I remember
my presentation where I was asked to
move a motion and I couldn’t. The
class of over 1,000 people started
laughing at me). As you can see from the above, the
Law school is set up to enable a
student prepare forehand for exams,
read to understand the subject and
also to make the student know his
subjects in and out.

Anonymous said...

Bar final exams I must say the Bar Final Exams has to
be the most challenging and most
difficult exam I have ever written. Also
the most straightforward. There is always a lot to read and
assimilate. Asides that, one that to deal
with the tension which is enough to
make a lion cower. One has to deal
with the many tales that one has
heard; about people going mad, about people sleeping going blank during
the exams and many more. However, the Bar Final exams are
pretty straight-forward. A=A. No
stories, nothing. The questions are
structured like this: “1. Chika wants to sue Ola who is owing him 100 Million Naira and he believes Ola has no defence to the claim a. Which Court should Chika institute the action? b. What documents should Ola file in response? c. How many days does Ola have to file a response? d. Draft the processes Chika has to file.” From the questions above,it is clear
that the answers required are short,
concise and straight-forward -not
stories. Some ITKs will however feel
they are addressing an imaginary
Court and they then write 2 page answer for something that requires
just 4 lines. See? The point here is the Bar Final exams
are very easy to pass. And very easy
to fail too. It all depends on the
candidate. The candidate is in control of the
situation. How he chooses to exercise
that power of control determines his
fate.

Anonymous said...

Why people fail I passed through the Law school and
so I think I have a fair idea as to why
people fail. 1. Overconfidence: Some people made 2:1 from some mushroom
Universities where they were local
champions and then believe since the
world is a global village, they will walk
into the Law School and ‘show them’. These set of people always rush to answer questions in class so as to drive the fear of God into their dull and unfortunate colleagues. At group meetings, their voices are
loudest during arguments. Exams
come and the collect extra-sheets
upon extra- sheets. They over-do
things and then make a Pass. They
then blame the Law School DG or some long dead ancestors for their
predicaments. 2. Under-confidence: I saw this at play when I was writing the Bar
exams. People who were adequately
prepared for the exam suddenly
developed cold feet when it was most
important. And without confidence,
you cannot do jack. 3. Unseriousness: No apologies. Some people who get posted to Lagos for
their Law School had never been to
Lagos before. Then they get posted to
Victoria Island of all places? These
group of people make Shoprite their
home. They drink and make merry, chase girls, some girls go into semi-
prostitution and then some watch
movies during classes. These people
believe they can always rush through
their reading during chamber
attachment and make a pass. These ones then fail and blame the agidi
seller behind their family house.
Really? 4. Bad Universities: I am not saying this because I made a 2:2 at the
University. But truth is, some
Universities award 2:1 and so on to
people who won’t make 3rd Class in a
decent University. These people,
believing they are super humans flop at the Law School because their
foundations are faulty. You cannot
build a skyscraper on a foundation
that isn’t solid. Ask TB Joshua. This is why I have always insisted that
the Law School is a leveller of persons.

Anonymous said...

My Experience I made a 2:2 at the University of
Ibadan (punishment for my sins of
unseriousness) and I was determined
to make at least a 2:1 at the Nigerian
Law School. I knew that should I fail to
make that 2:1, my chances of working in the big law firms like Kenna Partners
(where I work now), Aluko &
Oyebode, Banwo & Ighodalo,
Templars, etc, would be virtually non-
existent and I may probably end up
with some Law firm in Ibadan earning 25k per month and my boss will be
giving me plates to go buy amala and
gbegiri for him every afternoon. I put my all to it, for the first time in my
existence, I kept notes in class.
Meanwhile, I had my fair share of
the social life, but, I kept a keen eye on
my studies. Rolling with friends like
Ige Babatunde, Alexander Adams, I read like I will die should I not make
the 2:1. I did. Now, I tried to stay clear
of the things I listed above e.g.
overconfidence and under-
confidence. I ensured I covered ALL
my topics, at the exam hall I ensured I understood questions before
answering them. If an unserious and dull person like
me could do it, no excuses for
anybody.

Anonymous said...

This year’s results I learnt a lot of people failed this year’s
Bar Final exams and my reaction was,
“so what”? A lot of them complained
that the Director-General decided to
fail them because they are so fine that
he has a beef with them. Some of them allege a vendetta. Some are even making it seem like the PDP persecuting the APC. I find it embarrassing, disgraceful and
distasteful. As long as people who wrote that
examination in the same conditions as
you wrote them made 1st Class, 2:1 or
2:2, then you have no excuses. Why
try to tarnish a system because of your
own actions and inactions? Why try bring the Legal profession into
disrepute that even some overlords
who have never seen the fore-walls of
the Law School and some attention
seeking bloggers, blogs and tweeps
suddenly became experts in analysing the Bar Final exams so much that they
conjured up a very annoying statistic.

Anonymous said...

Last Words If you made a pass, well, you have
extra work to do to prove to the
‘Hollywood’ Law firms that you have it
in you. It means you probably have to
dig in deep to get to the very top but
hey, isn’t that what great people are made of? Great people find a way of
going all the way up even when the
odds are against them. Gani
Fawehinmi made a pass, Rotimi Fawole
(@TextheLaw) who is one of the best
lawyers we have today when we talk of Intellectual Property Law made a
2:2 at the Law School. Yet he is at the
top and on his way to being at the
very top. You failed? Instead of spending all
your time ranting on Twitter, sending
worthless and annoying BCs on BBM
because you are looking for
sympathisers, go and prepare for your
resit. It will be a tragedy for you to fail this time, moan all you can, blame
some enemies both seen and unseen
all you can and then fail again. If you
fail again, there is every probability
you will fail again and again. And then
you will accuse your stubborn and jealous village people for refusing to
give up on you. A word is enough for the wise ——————– Lawyer by day, writer by
night, The pRoDiGy

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Anonymous said...

First of all, there wasn’t a 71% fail rate
at the last Bar Finals. The Council of
Legal Education has provided a
comprehensive breakdown of the
results here. The truth is closer to a 50/50 split. Given that this rumoured
fail rate was what led to the outcry and
a call from several corners for the
grading system at the Nigerian Law
School to be reviewed, perhaps that
should simply be the end of the matter. However, as a corollary to the
argument that high failure rates
warrant a review of the system (or
perhaps in conflation of the issues),
there have also been arguments
against the grading system that is supposedly used for the Nigerian Bar
exams. I am tempted to call the system
an urban legend because you won’t
find it written anywhere. However,
several tutors at the various law
school campuses over the years have explained that a student’s final grade
is usually the lowest score in any of
the 6 exams written to qualify. In
simpler terms, if the student is graded
a 1 Class in 5 papers but scores a Pass in the 6 , the School will award him a Pass degree certificate.
Allegedly. But we will assume that is
the case for the purpose of this
discussion.

Anonymous said...

Many have argued that this system is
unfair, including my learned friend Orji
Uka, here. I disagree, for the reasons that follow. The sum of most of the disagreement
seems to be that the system is unfair
because it is unfair. How can it be fair
to grade a student on the basis of his
worst paper? Others have gone on to
say that an average grading system is more reflective of the student’s ability,
and that no other jurisdiction appears
to grade law school students the
Nigeria does. Mr. Uka’s article also
echoes the sentiment that the exams
put way too much pressure on students, with many not replicating
the good grades they got at university
(I dispute that, by the way). Well, boo frickin’ hoo!

Anonymous said...

My take is that it’s a professional exam,
for a profession in which people’s lives
and futures are in your hands, where
competence is the difference between
a conviction for murder and one for
unlawful homicide. I’d rather view the grading system as a quality assurance
method for employers, separating the
cream of the cream from the rest. If the
system truly exists, then everyone
who’s ever gotten a first class
certificate at the Law School deserves immense respect. I also had a boss,
Senior Advocate, who used to
admonish “you’re only as good as
your last mistake”. The real world is
unforgiving and mistakes can be
costly. Secondly, again assuming the system
exists, I don’t understand how a
system that has been defined by a
body of professionals and applied
uniformly to the vast majority of the
professional body can be unfair. Who is it unfair to? All law students past and
present, those who passed and
otherwise? At any rate, everyone
learns about the grading system very
early into the session, most even
before the session resumes. You knew what you were signing up for.

Anonymous said...

Thirdly, the Council of Legal Education
publishes a compendium of past
questions and model answers. This is
the most legal “expo” in the world!!! I
bet very few of the foreign
jurisdictions we’re comparing ourselves to do this. Furthermore, a
large majority of the questions are
repeated year on year. If you start
with the compendium early enough,
attend your classes and take notes, it
should take sickness or personal tragedy to throw you completely off
your game. Fourthly, I do not think that the system
disrupts university results to any
degree of significance. I am fairly
confident that most that leave the Law
School with a first class were awarded
either a first or a 2:1 at university. There are also some 2:2 university
graduates that earn a 2:1 at Law
School. However, very few 2:2s if any
go on to earn firsts at Law School. I
would say, from the evidence from my
set and those immediately preceding and following, that people generally
maintain their university standards at
the Law School.

Anonymous said...

This is clearly no longer the case.
When I was at the Law School, the civil
procedure lecturer told how they had
also included grammar in the marking
scheme for the previous year, but had
to ditch it because of it’s impact on pass rates. I would later find out that
she was not exaggerating. Letters
come in from the law offices of the
more boisterous senior lawyers, and
you simply wonder. I see many of my
colleagues on social media trading barbs and descending into roforofo
with other people online. These are all
not good enough. To conclude, I do not think a year of
an unusually high failure rate should
warrant revamping the whole system.
I think the students should look
inwards and urge anyone who is
convinced they could not have failed to recall their scripts. If you go back to
the statistics released by the Council of
Legal Education, I think the fact that
the bulk of the failures came from
those taking either one paper or the
entire exam again, supports my point of view.

Unknown said...

Menh.... an so scared right now... aside the fees been something else, the fear of been labelled a failure fit make me commit suicide sef...God abeg oooo.... No rough play abeg.... My turn to go Law school go still reach

Anonymous said...

I didn't finish o, pls let d lecturers from all fields also improve their skills. while I thnk d students shd quit complaining and go and dust their books, I also know dt it is to d teacher's shame to have such 'poor' students. Lecturers, dis is also ur shame, it means u cannot successfully impart knowledge and stimulate ur students, both sides need to sit up.

Anonymous said...

It is will be funny when the answer scripts of these students are given to them to mark themselves.Many will not have d heart to give themselves 40/100. I do not see reason for this, yes! It can be painful but do they think law school purposely fail? At the answer time I wrote mine. Though I expected to come out with 2:1. But i marked myself after the exam I knew i would have 58 in one of d five courses which made me come with 2:2. Despite doing well in other courses.. as painful as it was I was true to myself. I because I knew. I feel for d lose but Nig. law school like every other has its own standard.

Anonymous said...

Because u paid 300k does not give u an automatic right to pass the exam...the money u paid is for lectures and materials...which I'm sure u got...passing the exam is entirely up to the student...he must read and study...so if u failed then u failed to study properly (excusing other factors like illness ETV..) secondly the study of law is not a cheap endeavour anywhere in the world so get over it...this is a failure of parenting and the debasement of morals...like we didn't see law school people in night clubs and at elegushi beach and in aristo's car...doing sexual threesomes all over lekki...now they've failed they are screaming blue murder....abegi go and re-sit your exams in peace...

Anonymous said...

Nigerian law is a joke!!' I believe the students please kindly publish the results online so we can see if u claim only 1000 plus failed. Its only in nigeria that a teacher will automatically assume ur unserious kos ur wearing make up and heels in d uk the people that get first class and can stand before any court in the world and woah them( apart from nigeria kos the judge will b so jealous and say counsel shut up there u think ur smart) are the most unserious looking but when they quote the law and give u the critical analysis u will bow down. Nigeria has a long way to go, we need to put self pride and jealous away. Thats what affects a lot of nigerians, how can only 4 students get a first class really?. Are the students that daft, is so foolish when institutions fail loads of students to prove they are very tough and not everyone can pass. It only goes to show the skool is crap its only in nigeria that a magistrate will be speaking terrible english. Mscheww law skool is ass wipe as far as i am concerned

Anonymous said...

Well spoken. To be truthful, onadeko did this without conscience. It is really hard and painful. Something should be done. I am very positive they failed people without justification.

JOYCHY said...

Dis is serious............#Wen u think a sector in d economy is free 4rm ambiguity/corruption den u hear d big one.
Dere earlier statement read Mass failure, does just 1,000 people amount 2 mass failure?? N365,000 is no joke. Some probing has got 2 be done.

APPLE said...

It is not by force to be a lawyer.

Blessed Child said...

Its possible the DA is lying. Its like that in most schools. The school authorities always painting themselves white and justifying their selfish actions. Wonder when this country will change. The system is so bad

Anonymous said...

Poorly written, can see now why they failed. Expected more written substance from law students.

l said...

i dont even understand sef. But the fee high sha! Kermit.

Unknown said...

That you paid a million naira should not be a criteria for passing exams. For crying out loud, these students have not told us if the few people that passed excelled through d back door. They should tell us rather why they didn't prepare well. Mediocrity shouldn't be allowed in a profession like law. Sentiments should be kept aside.

Anonymous said...

Shut up fool!

Anonymous said...

This is clearly no longer the case.
When I was at the Law School, the civil
procedure lecturer told how they had
also included grammar in the marking
scheme for the previous year, but had
to ditch it because of it’s impact on pass rates. I would later find out that
she was not exaggerating. Letters
come in from the law offices of the
more boisterous senior lawyers, and
you simply wonder. I see many of my
colleagues on social media trading barbs and descending into roforofo
with other people online. These are all
not good enough. To conclude, I do not think a year of
an unusually high failure rate should
warrant revamping the whole system.
I think the students should look
inwards and urge anyone who is
convinced they could not have failed to recall their scripts. If you go back to
the statistics released by the Council of
Legal Education, I think the fact that
the bulk of the failures came from
those taking either one paper or the
entire exam again, supports my point of view.

SO said...

Very poorly written letter.... which clearly shows why there was mass failure

Anonymous said...

@anon2:47PM, abeg where's the like button jare. Paying a lot of money doesn't guarantee your success.Go and read ya books

Anonymous said...

Am nw scared toooo cos we re d next set to face ds,i jus want a gud result and am ready to soak my head inside hot oil jus to make a 2 1 in d's law skul..I jus ask God 4 d zeal cos I cannot do it on my own

Anonymous said...

Enof of all dez law skul nonsense let somebody hear word

Unknown said...

Abeg na only lawyers dey lib

Anonymous said...

Why do I feel like the same person/set of people wrote the next 10 to 12 comments just to throw a spanner in the works and cover somebody's butt for them?.......#justwalkingby

Anonymous said...

Oh shut up. There is nothing degrading about it. If you don't have a point to make then don't type.

Anonymous said...

Seriously??? Let the results be published then let's judge as a lawyer you must review fact and not jump to conclusion.. oga lawyer aka na only me read law.

Lifematters-Mattersoflife(PEOPLE AND SOCIETY) said...

No long thing, so who is doing the lying please?liars are truely liars.

Unknown said...

Thank you my dear. ..Bar finals don't require long stories. ..go straight to the point

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Ngee said...

Hmmm #SPEECHLESS............

Anonymous said...

@king sanzilyn or whatever u call urself ur the stupid one..... U claim u graduated frm abj campus Hw dare u compare ur time to now??? In ur time did they reduce the time for mcq? Did they mark down u pple's script? Pls let's be realistic here...before u guys crucify the students saying dey r dull and all.. If the dg claims wat he did was right then let him publish their results and we'll see simple even the lecturers can attest to this that the dg purposely marked down scripts

Anonymous said...

Please note the following:
1. the person/people who authored this write up failed the bar exam.
2. I am not aware that the criteria for passing a bar exam or any exam for that matter is your ability to muster the school fee, however large.
3. some other people wrote the same exam and passed.
My submission:

1. The world is not about to end because you failed your Bar exams.
2. Quietly go and study hard so that you MAY be successful in your next attempt.
3. Please save us the trouble of enduring your meaningless verbosity.
4.it is a sign of weakness for you to blame others for your failure when you should ordinarily gather your self together and do a self appraisal of the reason why you failed.

Anonymous said...

Its not as if the DA lied she actually did lie.... For those of you insulting the law students calling us names it's allowed but need I remind u that all the students are saying the same thing and there's a possibility that we are saying the truth? We don't want an upgrade no we don't we simply want a review of these results let's know for sure if truly we failed..... U guys don't know this DG we do u hv no idea wat he's capable of doing thts why it's easy for y guys to Jst sit there and say Jst anything u feel u know

Anonymous said...

gloria abi wetin b ur name.....anybdy dt fails an exam in madonna university,shld go fr r brain transplant.! Dasool...

Anonymous said...

Onadeko is actually wicked, he was DDG of lag law sch and he did nothing rather to be punishn students to in class till 4/5 den grp meeting 4rm 6/7 till like 10pm everyday, are they machine.. And his sister odusote which dey would soon transfer to abj .. Two wicked siblings

Unknown said...

Hahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa.

Anonymous said...

Its from all the students. Pass or fail,every student is affected because those that passed,deserved more than they got and those that failed shouldn't have failed.

Anonymous said...

Bros so you think those that failed didn't do all this??? You can't and won't ask for your script because you got a 2.2, I'm sure you would have if you had failed when you expected a 2.1.

Anonymous said...

Oh shut up...the ordinary man cannot even make sense of the rubbish you are writing. how far have you gone in your miserable life with your English and your BL.

Anonymous said...

Moron, did you stop every single girl you saw at maitama and asokoro to find out if they were law school students? Spending your so called precious time blogging.

Anonymous said...

I wish you were one of them,then we will see how sharp your voice will be then.

Anonymous said...

It's not about the money,its about the efforts these students put in and they were unjustly failed. Don't you think they have enough proof before embarking on this protest. Don't comment when you don't understand.

Anonymous said...

You are so stupid like extremely stupid. You graduated from NLS abuja but was onadeko your DG? Moron

Anonymous said...

And what do you do with your own time??? People are quick to judge and comment when they know nothing.

Anonymous said...

Can't even take you seriously with that name...I know people whoo worked their butt's off and still failed so STFU

D!D! said...

Too much Chi Mimms. Oga please come back to Bwari

D!D! said...

No beginning nada! In the words of Mrs. Odusote, Law School will not change its standard for you.

Anonymous said...

Why are you stopping the people trying to advocate for change in this lawless country? Bloody enemy of progress. The type that will sit back and still rant about the situation of the country but take no action. Clown!

Anonymous said...

And you call 2'2 a success? Lol what a joke

Anonymous said...

Your rubbish type up is also incoherent

Unknown said...

@anonymous 7:50,if you were awarded 2:2 wint you jump at it?esp during this trying time?if they revies your script,that means past students should also have their results reviewed!and ask whose time will they be wasting?

Unknown said...

What set were you in abuja@king sahn

Unknown said...

Thank you darling!

Unknown said...

God bless you darling!pls tell linda and her law school friend oo

Unknown said...

Anonymous 10:47!i love your courage,determination and your doggedness.hmmmn.
Lucky you you got a good firm to work with.we at the mercy of 2.2 always find it hard to get a good firm except with God's grace

Unknown said...

I love your submission,counsel!

Anonymous said...

Hmm! Its a pity dis is happening now. I feel lucky ONADEKO wasn't DG during my time @ d law skool. But one thing am sure of is dat d law skool will never bend to all diz protest by disgruntled students. By d way I miss OGBUANYA, ALIMI & UDEMEZUE.

comedian princewill said...

TEJIRI AKATUGBA & GBAKEJI JOSHUA made me proud. Congrats

loomzy said...

Helle Russell, as someone who went to law school, 2'2 was not beans.please tell those babies to stop ranting.Onadeko was also in Lagos during my time 9 years ago.we sacrificed all we could , we didn't have social lives and we read from day one.The legal profession is not for babies.what happened to this set merely shows that the younger generations no longer have that do or die attitude towards their studies.

call me T said...

I know colleagues who worked their assess off and read till their eyes popped for this exam and still failed,honestly it was crazy . I passed and I can tell you they deserved to pass too. This time was different, This time was malicious, This time was intentional...

Anonymous said...

I am not a lawyer, though did some Law courses in Ife then. Suffice to say i passed out of Nigerian university. All said, i had often wondered why passing exams is made so difficult in our country. In all honesty, our certificates are not recognised ouside the shores of Nigeria, yet, schooling is not as hard as in Nigeria, lectures, why naa?

Unknown said...

All dis representation d writer gave are false!
1. Dis 2014 set paid 20k for forms and 295k as school fees. I wonder were he got his 365k thousand from.who knows he might nt even be a prospective lawyer or even a law student. Just all dis aluta nonsense.
2. I dont kno d style in law school but... is it bad if onadeko marks d scripts??? Afterall all lecturers in various campuses marks bar finals scripts. Magistrates, lawyers, faculty ofnlaw lecturers of various universities are part of dose who mark dis scripts. Onadeko is a lecturer I dont think dere is any law dat says he shldnt mark... if dere is please educate me.
3. 7000 regular students wrote bar finals??? Dats anor lie! Dis 2014set came in when most universities were on strike and dis stopped many students who had nt completed their academic sessions in respective universities from going to law school last year October. This brought abt d april batch of dis year; to enable dose who were affected by d strike go to law school. Now back to ur 7000regular students. i. Bayelsa and yola campuses are small campuses dat have limited space and cannot accommodate many students.. thus each of these campus accomodate max of 500 student. ...I.e 1k for both campus.ii. enugu and kano campus dis campuses are at par.. d max in each is 1k students. In essence 2k max from both campuses.iii) abuja and lagos campus, dis is where d crowd goes... everyone wanna be in abuja or lagos campus. Abuja has a large capacity same with lag. Let me as

Unknown said...

Lets assume without conceeding dat each campus. I.e abuja and lagos accommodated 1500student each. Den both campus shld hav abt 3k students. Please sum up all my statistics. It gives 6000students. Dis figures I gave are assumptions and have been excessively formulated to give room for some oversight. After all many people didnt go to law school last year October because of d strike. So there is no how d regular students can be up to 7000 as acclaimed by dis writer.
All what dis writer wrote is false.... not tru. He shld get his facts right. Mind u d golden jubilee i.e d set before dis paid 280kschool fees and 20k for form. So I dont kno where he got his info dat dey paid over 300k school fees from.
However I will say something abt d results.d results was a woeful one. Even with d acclaimed 57% pass. Its too bad! Its likened to dat of 2012set. Dat set too failed woefully! I cannot decipher where d problem is from... weda law school or d students. But all I can say for now is congratulations to dose who passed. Welcome to the prestigious Nigerian Bar! For dose who failed... dont give up on ur dreams. I kno it can be frustrating and annoying esp. After all d monies spent on feeding, transportation school fees etc. Wishing u best of success in d coming session!

Anonymous said...

Gracias!

Anonymous said...

Don't worry, you will. Just study hard and pray a lot too. God bless.

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