History Of The Legal Profession

Question 1

The last amendment of the RPC rules was in….. and it came into effect in…..

Answer 1

The last amendment of the RPC rules was in 2023 and it came into effect in January 2024

Question 2

The first set of RPC rules was made in….

Answer 2

1967

Question 3

The RPC rules have been amended how many times and in what years?

Answer 3

4 times - 1979, 2007, 2020 and 2023

Question 4

The Supreme Court Ordinance was promulgated in……

Answer 4

1863

Question 5

As at…… there were….. Magistrate

Answer 5

As at 1862 there were 7 Magistrates

Question 6

What are the 3 periods of history in the legal profession

Answer 6

1876 - 1914

1914 - 1962

1962 till date

Question 7

What are the 4 inns

Answer 7

Middle temple

Inner temple

Grays inn

Lincolns inn

Question 8

The NLS was established in…….

Answer 8

1962

Question 9

The 7 magistrates in 1862 were made of…..

Answer 9

3 barristers

2 writing clerks

1 commander of the West Indian garrison in Lagos

1 merchant

Question 10

How many dining terms were required in the period of 1876-1914

Answer 10

12 dining terms

Question 11

The term for local attorneys is……renawable for another…….

Answer 11

6 months renewable for another 6 months

Question 12

The appointment of local attorneys came an end in…..

Answer 12

1908 - The Osho Davies case

Question 13

The Supreme Court ordinance of 1876 was repealed by…..

Answer 13

The Supreme Court ordinance of 1943

Question 14

The unsworth committee was made in……

Answer 14

1959

Question 15

The unsworth committee was made up of…..

Answer 15

Attorney General of the Federation
Solicitor General of the Federation
Regional Attorney General
Legal Secretary of the Southern Cameroons
6 Distinguished Legal Practitioners

Question 16

Where was the first faculty of law established?

Answer 16

University college, Ibadan

Question 17

What 2 Acts were created by the recommendations of the unsworth committee?

Answer 17

The legal practitioners act

The legal education act

Question 18

The Nigerian law school was established in what year

Answer 18

1962

Question 19

Where was the first Nigerian law school located?

Answer 19

213, Igbosere road, Lagos

Question 20

The Nigerian Law school ran its first …. months course for ….. students between….. and……

Answer 20

The Nigerian Law school ran its first 3 months course for 8 students between January and April 1963

Question 21

The legal practitioners act was promulgated in… and was amended in…. and finally in…..

Answer 21

The legal practitioners act was promulgated in 1962 and was amended in 1990 and finally in 2004

Question 22

Under what laws can a non-nigerian be called to bar?

Answer 22

Decree no 9 of 1992 and section 5 of the legal education act

Question 23

Under what act can a person be exempted from attending courses at law school

Answer 23

Professional bodies special provisions act 1973

Professional bodies (legal profession) exemption order 1973

Question 24

What law can be used to exempt a person from going through law school at all

Answer 24

Legal notice 439 dated 5th day of July 1989

Question 25

What law can be used to exempt a person from writing bar part I

Answer 25

Legal notice 446 dated the 3rd day of August 1989

Question 26

What were the three categories of people allowed to practice law between 1876 and 1914

Answer 26

Professionally qualified lawyers Article attorney or lawyers article in the firm of a professionally qualified lawyer Local attorneys

Question 27

What are the qualifications to become a barrister in the Supreme Court of England between 1876 and 1962

Answer 27

Must keep to 12 dining terms Must pass bar 1 and bar finals Must have been called to bar by the benchers of his inn Must be called to the Supreme Court of Britain

Question 28

What are the qualifications to become a solicitor in the Supreme Court of England between 1876 and 1962

Answer 28

Must have passed solicitors, part one and solicitors finals Must have West African school certificates The articled to a firm of solar stores in England for a minimum of four years

Question 29

What are the conditions to be an articled lawyer

Answer 29

Must have saved in the law of a practicing lawyer or solicitor in Nigeria or the Gold Coast Must have done so for atleast 5 years Must have passed examinations by persons issued by the CJN

Question 30

What are the qualifications to be appointed as a local attorney?

Answer 30

Must be fit and proper as testified to buy a judge or two district commissioners Must have basic academic qualifications Must sit and pass exams conducted by the CJN to test knowledge

Question 31

What are the four ways to become a legal practitioner between 1914 and 1962 under the Supreme Court civil procedure rules

Answer 31

Practice for two years in the country are called to bar Practice for two years in the court of a British colony Read for one year and the law office of a lawyer of not less than five year standing Read for two years in Nigeria and the law office of a lawyer of not less than ten years standing

Question 32

What section of the Supreme Court civil procedure rules 1945 provides for four additional ways to become a legal practitioner

Answer 32

Order 16 rule 1

Question 33

What are the three kinds of people that can practice law in Nigeria today?

Answer 33

Those entitled to practice generally Those entitled to practice for the purpose of a particular office Those entitled to practice for the purpose of a particular proceeding

Question 34

What are the conditions to be enrolled in Nigerian bar on bisexual four of the LPA

Answer 34

You must be Nigerian Must be of good character You must have the qualifying certificate

Question 35

Why are entitled to practice generally are divided into….

Answer 35

Those entitled by the Supreme Court by being called to bar Those entitled by virtue of the regulation made by the general of the federation

Question 36

What are the qualifications for those entitled purpose of a particular proceeding

Answer 36

You must be entitled to practice at advocate your country Your countries, the real system must be similar to Nigeria Fees must be paid to the registrar of the Supreme Court