the successful completion of the Bar Part 1 programme and exams, foreign graduates proceed to the Bar Part 2 programme. Graduates from universities in Nigeria are exempt from the Bar Part 1 programme because they have studied the foundation of Nigerian law at a university undergraduate level. Graduates from common law jurisdictions who have taught law for a minimum of five years in a Nigerian Faculty of Law are exempt from the Bar Part 1 programme. Also, graduates from non-common law jurisdiction that have taught law in any Nigerian Faculty of Law for not less than ten years are exempt from the Bar Part 1 Course. At the Bar Part 2 programme, students undergo intensive training to equip them with the relevant knowledge and skills to effectively practice law in Nigeria. They study the following compulsory courses: criminal litigation; civil litigation; corporate law; property law; and law in practise. The Nigerian Law School runs an integrated curriculum that helps students develop knowledge, skills and ethics for the profession. The knowledge-based studies are comprised of 20 weeks of lectures wherein students are trained in the abovementioned courses. The skill-based studies include moot/mock trials and 10 weeks of court and law firm placements wherein students experience the law in practice. Lectures are delivered through interactive workshops in the form of discussions, simulation clinics and activities, role play, problem solving exercises, quizzes and tests etc. The Nigerian Law School's curriculum and teaching method was revised in 2008 to adopt a new system which