integrated the acquisition of the knowledge of the law, legal practice skills and professional ethics. The newly-adopted system of teaching and learning transformed the vocational training process and boosted students' performance at the Bar finals examination. In the year of its launch in 2008, there was a dramatic shift from a usual range of 55-65 per cent passes in the Bar examinations, to a pass mark of 82 per cent with the quality grades of upper second (2.1) and lower second (2.2) much more predominant than before. (Facts and figures obtained from a paper delivered by the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School; Dr Tahir Mamman at a business luncheon on 19 November 2009). The Nigerian Law School's curriculum and teaching method was revised in 2008 to adopt a new system which integrated the acquisition of the knowledge of the law, legal practice skills and professional ethics. The newly-adopted system of teaching and learning transformed the vocational training process and boosted students' performance at the Bar finals examination. In the year of its launch in 2008, there was a dramatic shift from a usual range of 55-65 per cent passes in the Bar examinations, to a pass mark of 82 per cent with the quality grades of upper second (2.1) and lower second (2.2) much more predominant than before. (Facts and figures obtained from a paper delivered by the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School; Dr Tahir Mamman at a business luncheon on 19 November 2009). In addition to academic