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casualobserver:
I am sorry! Something is fishy here.

This is what I know:

1: I wasn’t aware UI had offered law as a subject. In those days if you wanted to study law in the SW you went to Ife or Unilag. Unilag only offering law at the time as a second degree. I don’t know anyone who studied law in UI.
2: The top tier universities with the best law programs then were Ife, Unilag etc and I don’t know of anyone who graduated with a first class in law. It is such a notoriously tough subject to get a 1st class. Maybe you will see 3 in 10yrs talk less graduating that many in one set.
3: even Cambridge university in the Uk statistically o KT produces an average of 17% 1st class graduates in a class. So a law school graduating 40% of the class as 1st class is highly suspicious.
4: the argument that they had a high cut off mark for admission is invalid. The cut off mark for law in the best universities has always very high. They still don’t graduate with 40% 1st class.
5: that it is making the news shows it is an abnormally.

If this is how they dish out 1st class then I am suspicious of a law degree from UI.

I am not aware of the historical context referenced in that comment, but the percentage figure cited is precisely what I am addressing here.

I work as a lawyer. Law was my second degree, and I currently practice in Lagos State. When we studied law, we read hard books, and by hard books, I mean physically visiting libraries to study textbooks and form our own notes, not relying on digital resources.

We engaged in active study groups for subjects most students found challenging, and the effort required to understand each concept was rigorous but highly rewarding.

Today, the rise of artificial intelligence has fundamentally reshaped the educational landscape. Subjects that once demanded four weeks of dedicated study group sessions can now be covered in under an hour with the aid of AI. The old system is being challenged at a pace that institutions are struggling to match.

The University of Ibadan law students arrived at that percentage because, unfortunately, the law faculty has failed to adapt its standards to reflect this new reality. Our curriculum must evolve, moving away from basic hypothetical and definitional questions toward a more advanced, analytical approach. Without this shift, we risk seriously compromising the quality of graduates our universities produce.

So for me, what we are witnessing with University of Ibadan law graduates is, in fact, honest and constructive feedback, exactly the kind of signal that policymakers in the education sector need to redesign and realign their policies with the demands of a rapidly changing world.

Anyone that doubts the credibility of these results don't really know the standard of UI. They should just wait for those guys Law school final result next year.

They will be marvelled...

Legitbeauru:
I am not aware of the historical context referenced in that comment, but the percentage figure cited is precisely what I am addressing here.

I work as a lawyer. Law was my second degree, and I currently practice in Lagos State. When we studied law, we read hard books, and by hard books, I mean physically visiting libraries to study textbooks and form our own notes, not relying on digital resources.

We engaged in active study groups for subjects most students found challenging, and the effort required to understand each concept was rigorous but highly rewarding.

Today, the rise of artificial intelligence has fundamentally reshaped the educational landscape. Subjects that once demanded four weeks of dedicated study group sessions can now be covered in under an hour with the aid of AI. The old system is being challenged at a pace that institutions are struggling to match.

The University of Ibadan law students arrived at that percentage because, unfortunately, the law faculty has failed to adapt its standards to reflect this new reality. Our curriculum must evolve, moving away from basic hypothetical and definitional questions toward a more advanced, analytical approach. Without this shift, we risk seriously compromising the quality of graduates our universities produce.

So for me, what we are witnessing with University of Ibadan law graduates is, in fact, honest and constructive feedback, exactly the kind of signal that policymakers in the education sector need to redesign and realign their policies with the demands of a rapidly changing world.

Are UI law students the only ones who know how to make use of AI?

Alcoron:
Are UI law students the only ones who know how to make use of AI?

I agree with you that students from UI are not the only ones who know how to use AI. Across universities in Nigeria and beyond, whether in formal classrooms or informal learning spaces, AI has simplified access to knowledge and improved how students study. That broader shift in learning is a more reasonable explanation for UI producing such a huge volume of first-class graduates, not the assumption that they alone have mastered AI.

And let’s be honest, were there not brilliant undergraduates in UI’s history before now? So why is this happening at this particular time?

kunleham:
You're correct!

I couldn't quote you on the thread you mentioned me. I appreciate your words of hope , we pray thes economic reforms yield the desired outcome to make our lives more meaningful.
I won't despair.

I sent a pm