The Nigerian Law School has opened registration for candidates who received a Conditional Pass in the December 2025 Bar Final Examination, announcing that the resit examination will be held from May 16 to 22, 2026, at the Law School Headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, with applications opening today, Wednesday April 22, and closing on Thursday April 30.
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The notice, issued by the Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration on behalf of the Council of Legal Education, provides a pathway for the 314 candidates who passed all but one paper in the December 2025 Bar Finals to clear their remaining subject and qualify for call to the Nigerian Bar, rather than waiting until the next full examination cycle.
The registration carries a total fee of N100,000, comprising a N30,000 application fee and a N70,000 examination fee, with completed application documents required to be received on or before Monday May 4, 2026.
The resit examination is open exclusively to candidates who were referred in one paper, meaning they achieved a Conditional Pass, at the December 2025 Bar Final Examination.
A Conditional Pass means the candidate met the passing standard in all subjects except one. Rather than requiring such candidates to resit the entire Bar Final Examination, the Law School allows them to resit only the paper in which they were referred, provided they register within the prescribed window and meet all administrative requirements.
The December 2025 Bar Finals, which were sat by 7,602 candidates, produced 314 Conditional Pass results, representing 4.1 per cent of the cohort. These are the candidates now eligible for the May resit.
Candidates who failed the examination outright, meaning they did not meet the passing standard in more than one paper, are not eligible for the resit and must await the next full Bar Final Examination.
The Law School has outlined a detailed registration process that candidates must follow precisely to secure their place in the resit examination.
Payment must be made separately for the application fee of N30,000 and the examination fee of N70,000, both to the account of the Council of Legal Education on the Central Bank of Nigeria/Remita payment gateway. Payment can be made through electronic transfer or at any commercial bank.
The payment details require candidates to specify the name of the MDA as “Council of Legal Education,” the name of the service or purpose as “Resit Examination,” and their full name as the payer.
After payment, candidates must send a clear scanned copy of their Remita receipt showing the Remita Retrieval Reference number, along with their surname, other names, email address, and phone number, to the official resit examination email address at resit2026@lawschool.gov.ng.
Login details for online registration will then be sent to the email address provided on the Remita receipt. Candidates must use these credentials to complete their registration on the Law School’s portal.
Candidates must also take their payment receipts physically to the Accounts Department at the Law School Headquarters in Bwari for verification, and then submit the required documents to the Office of the Secretary to the Council and Head of Administration.
The following documents must be submitted to complete the registration process: two copies of the printout of the December 2025 Bar Final result, four passport photographs, two photocopies of the candidate’s Law School identification card, and two copies of payment receipts.
All completed application documents must be received on or before Monday May 4, 2026, giving candidates approximately twelve days from today to complete the entire process, including payment, email submission, portal registration, physical verification, and document submission.
The Law School has issued a clear warning that candidates who register but fail to appear for the examination will forfeit all fees paid. This no-refund policy means candidates must be certain of their intention and ability to sit the examination before committing the N100,000 registration fee.
The warning is particularly relevant given that the resit examination is held exclusively at the Law School Headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, meaning candidates based in other parts of the country must factor in travel and logistics when deciding whether to register.
On a practical note, the Law School has confirmed that accommodation will be available at the Bwari campus for the period of the examination at a moderate fee, providing candidates travelling from outside Abuja with an option for on-campus lodging during the examination period.
The key dates for candidates to note are as follows.
April 22, 2026: Application opens. Candidates can begin making payments and submitting registration materials from today.
April 30, 2026: Application closes. This is the deadline for initiating the registration process, including making payments and sending scanned receipts to the official email.
May 4, 2026: Document submission deadline. All completed application documents must be physically received at the Law School Headquarters by this date.
May 16 to 22, 2026: Resit examination period. The examination will be conducted at the Nigerian Law School Headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.
For the 314 candidates eligible for the resit, the May examination represents their fastest pathway to being called to the Nigerian Bar. A successful resit would allow them to clear their remaining paper and join their colleagues who passed all subjects in December at the next Call to Bar ceremony.
Failure to register for the resit, or failure to pass the resit paper, would mean waiting until the next full Bar Final Examination cycle, a delay of several months that would further postpone their entry into the legal profession and the commencement of their careers as legal practitioners.
The resit examination also serves as a quality assurance mechanism, ensuring that every lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar has demonstrated competence across all examined subjects rather than being admitted with an incomplete assessment record.
re-examination resitThe resit announcement comes amid broader developments in Nigeria’s legal education sector. The Council of Legal Education, at its second quarter meeting presided over by Chairman Chief Emeka Ngige SAN OFR, recently rejected calls to privatise legal training, imposed decade-long bans for examination misconduct, and endorsed the leadership of Director-General Dr. Olugbemisola Odusote.
The December 2025 Bar Final results, which the Council approved at the same meeting, revealed a performance distribution that included 212 First Class results, over 1,000 outright failures, and the 314 Conditional Passes that are now the subject of the resit opportunity.
Candidates requiring further information are directed to the Nigerian Law School website at www.nigerianlawschool.edu.ng.
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