WOEFUL MASS FAILURE AT THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL SO WHAT?

OK you have all heard about the mass failure of students at the Nigerian Law School. Well that is not the end of the road. Always remember that.

This post will be looking at money and life after Call to Bar.


Now the law school hype is almost over, its time to look at the next thing on the agenda. MONEY.
Once Call to Bar comes on the 25th of November, the next thing on people’s mind is to make money. That was the first thing on my mind sha. Yesss, get out of law school and make some money asap. Actual Reality: Error.

As a newly qualifed lawyer, the pay in Nigeria is actually PANTS. I arrived at this conclusion with a combination of the following; my personal observations from court attachment; people who had been in practice for a while and a very in depth twitter discussion from people a few years at the bar and currently in practice.

It’s a shock because it’s easy to fall under the general assumption of “there’s money in Nigeria o..” . This tends to cloud judgement of the real picture. Yes there is money, but before you get it, it’ll take a while. You can’t compare the salary of a SAN to a senior associate – There’s no comparison. Truly, the salary for lawyers in Nigeria is like the grading system at the Nigerian Law School : grossly unfair. 

Why would these kids be forced to fail. I have been told to keep silent on this. But the truth is what is eating the yam is inside the yam.