Lawyers Caught Writing Exams For Law School Students

Director-General of the Nigerian Law
School (NLS), Professor Olarenwaju
Onadeko, SAN, on Thursday said that
some practising lawyers were recently
caught while writing examinations for
students of the school.

Onadeko, who disclosed this in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, while
speaking at the annual general meeting
(AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA), said such act will not help in the
training of future lawyers for the country.

He said, “It is very unfortunate that some
lawyers have been caught writing
examinations for students of the Nigerian
Law School. Such act is condemnable
because it is not helping in the training of
future lawyers for this country.”

The NLS Director-General, who stated that
those caught in the act have been reported
to the NBA, urged the association to take
drastic actions against such lawyers to
serve as a deterrent to others.
Onadeko said, “The only thing we can do
is to report those lawyets to the Nigerian
Bar Association and we have done that.
So we expect the leadership of NBA to take
drastic actions against them to serve as
deterrent to others.”

Also speaking, a senior advocate of Nigeria
(SAN), Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, called on the
leadership of the NBA to address the case
and ensure that those found culpable are
punished.

In his reaction, outgoing NBA President,
Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, said for the
past two years, the association is yet to
receive report of any lawyer caught writing
examinations for students of the Nigerian
Law School.

Alegeh, however said the Disciplinary
Committee of the NBA will handle such
cases whenever such reports are received
by the leadership of the association.

He said, “For the past two years, we have
not received any report of lawyers caught
involving themselves in writing
examinations for law students.

However,
we have a Disciplinary Committee, which
will handle such cases whenever the
reports are received.”