…to the shortage of jobs caused by the astronomical annual increase in the number of law graduates and those seeking admission to the Bar. “The Body of Benchers cannot afford to produce lawyers when there are not enough jobs to accommodate them, hence the need to regulate and put a benchmark on those to be called in any…

Law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) stormed the doorstep of the attorney-general of the federation, protesting what they called the continued exclusion of over 4,000 qualified graduates from the Nigerian Law School since 2020. The demonstrators, operating under the platform ‘Backlog of NOUN…