For The First Time, Nigerian Law School Produces 161 First Class Students

Examination and for the first time in the history of the Nigerian Law School, over 160 students finished with a first class degree.

A notice released by the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof Isa Hayatu Chiroma SAN, states that 5,846 students participated in the examination conducted in August, and 4,633 (79.25%) of them emerged successful.

The release says that 161 (2.75%) candidates graduated with a first class. This is reportedly the first time such result is recorded in the history of the Nigerian Law School.

Also, 218 (3.73%) candidates graduated with a conditional pass while 965 (16.51%) of the candidates failed the examination. Only 29 students bagged a first class in 2017.

In 2015, the institution produced only six first class graduates. Three of them from Lagos campus, one from Kano and two Abuja campus.