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

Answer 6

1876 - 1914, 1914 - 1962 and 1962 till date

Question 7

What are the 4 inns

Answer 7

Middle temple, Inner temple, Grays inn and 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 and 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 care to ano come to an end in…..

Answer 12

1908 - The Osho Davies case

Question 13

The supreme cart ordinance of 1876 was repealed by…..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 partitioners act and the legal education act

Question 18

The Nigerian law school was established in…..

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 corses at law school

Answer 23

Professional bodies special provisions act 1973and 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 parta part I

Answer 25

Legal notice 446 dated the 3rd day of August 1989