A Lagos based lawyer, Nwachukwu has said that one of the
greatest achievements of the NBA Annual General Conference is the
plan to review the grading system of the Nigerian Law School.
According to him, this was announced by the Council of Legal
Education.
Applauding the Council for the move, he stated that the Council
should do same in line with the best global practices.
Below read his statement
One of the greatest takeaway of the just-concluded NBA
Annual General Conference, if not the greatest, was the
announcement by the Council of Legal Education, that at its meeting
on the 15th of July 2019, they decided to review the Law
School grading system which hitherto, was assessing students of the
Bar final examinations largely on their least grade
scored.
This disclosure has been commended by lots of lawyers and
the general public, who see this as a wind of change, positively
blowing away anachronistic practises.
Indeed, bearing in mind that the legal profession has prided
itself as being conservative and traditional, many feared that this
day would not have come. Knowing it has come in our life time is
impressive and it’s sign that other noble changes and advancement
can be effected.
While this new policy has been received happily from many
quarters, it is not far from controversy as some are asking if this
would apply retroactively, in order to remedy the conditions of
many who were gravely affected by the odious grading
system.
While we wait for more details as regards the operation of
the new grading system. It is apposite to use this
opportunity to draw the Council to international best practises as
regards grading of professional Exams.
Both in Nigeria and around the World, professional Exams are
graded on the basis of Pass and Fail only.
In Nigeria Professional courses like Medicine, Pharmacy etc
also adopt this. In Canada, US etc, their Bar exams which are also
very competitive also use the Pass and Fail system, this is the
system we hope the Council can adopt as soon as possible.
To the current members of the Council of Legal Education, we
praise you for the bravery in tackling this issue which has been an
issue of great concern to many. This is a good feat.
Nwachukwu is a Lagos Based Legal Practitioner
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