The news of the extension of the call to bar ceremony which was previously scheduled to hold November 28 filtered in yesterday. The would be lawyers who were already prepared to get the whole training episode done with are not only wondering why everything has always been postponed. they are also alleging that the postponement is to enable the successful passage of the new Legal Practitioners regulation Bill which would make them the first set of lawyers to undertake the proposed 2 years compulsory pupilage.
We don’t know what to make out of these their reasoning. What do you think?
See some of their lamentations below:
First it was complaint about the incessant postponment of every process of their law school:
Oseisotie Justin Akhere on facebook wrote:
*reading online* ; Call to bar has been postponed! Me; God bless una ehn. first bar finals, then release of result, then screening and now the Call to bar!!!!! Council of legal education GOD BLESS UNA!!!Ehmmm National assembly dat legal profession draft bill wey dey with una so, make una just kpompi!!!! How una dey joor?
Then he was supported by Precious Fineman who wrote:
At first our exam date was postponed.date scheduled for call to bar resultto be released was postponed, that one gave me a heart attack 😏.they changed our screening date.
Now they have done the same to our call to bar date.
OMG😭 😭…am not crying o pepper entered my eyes
Then this one on Twitter took it to a completely different dimension! He says they want to wait for the provision of Section 86 of the Bill! He wrote:
Get this: Council of Legal Education has deliberately delayed our call dates just so we are under the ambit of this new smelling law that stipulates we have to go under TWO YEARS OF PUPILAGE.
Get this: Council of Legal Education has deliberately delayed our call dates just so we are under the ambit of this new smelling law that stipulates we have to go under TWO YEARS OF PUPILAGE.
— femi fadahunsi (@femiexe) November 8, 2017
Legal Profession Council of Nigeria Bill. To come into effect 1st of December. They moved call to 12th.
— femi fadahunsi (@femiexe) November 8, 2017
And the lamentation flowed:
LOL, the future of Nigeria is bleak. It's not tribe or state of origin or religion, it's denomination/sect world cup. All of you are finished. I'm moving to Switzerland to be with Chocolate and my chocolate
— Nọsike Nwigene (@nnwigene) November 8, 2017
So 5+ years uni, 1 year law school including externship and you're still not deemed learned enough. 2 extra years to be a pupil. When it's not rocket science.
Issokay.
— Abi (@bipohae) November 8, 2017
This pupil thing should just be for the NYSC year…we already have Trainee Associate roles. We have more serious issues to be addressed but no, it's to make things difficult for the younger guys.
I did well to discourage the younger brother😂
— Abi (@bipohae) November 8, 2017
Adults doing everything in their power to make sure your success is delayed.
Break the rules; everything is possible.
— Dams. (@damisiabijo) November 8, 2017
What do we know!
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