The Council of Legal Education has officially published the academic calendar for the 2025/2026 Bar Part II programme at the Nigerian Law School. The schedule outlines activities from early March through mid-December 2026, covering all accredited campuses nationwide.

The programme will run from 2 March to 18 December 2026, while the dates for the release of results and the Call to the Bar ceremony will be announced later.

Campuses Covered

The approved timetable applies to students across the following Nigerian Law School campuses:

• Abuja
  
• Lagos
  
• Enugu
  
• Kano
  
• Yola
  
• Yenagoa
  
• Port Harcourt

First Term Activities

Registration, Induction & Mock Trials (2 weeks)
2 March – 13 March 2026

Lectures Begin (9 weeks)
16 March 2026

Director-General’s Address
14 April 2026

First Term Dinners (Bob Dinners)

• 1st Dinner: 21 – 23 April 2026
  
• 2nd Dinner & End of Lectures: 12 – 14 May 2026
  

Lectures Conclude
14 May 2026

Pre-Externship Workshop
14 May 2026

Second Term Programme

Pre-Externship Break
15 May 2026

Court Externship (5 weeks)
18 May – 19 June 2026

Mid-Externship Break (1 week)
22 June – 26 June 2026

Chambers Externship (5 weeks)
29 June – 31 July 2026

Post-Externship Break (1 week)
3 August – 7 August 2026

Third Term Schedule

Portfolio Assessment (2 weeks)
10 August – 21 August 2026

Mock Registry Practice & NBA Conference (1 week)
24 August – 28 August 2026

Lectures (6 weeks)
31 August – 9 October 2026

Third Term Dinner (Bob Dinner)
13 October – 15 October 2026

Mooting & Mock Practice Registry Exercises (2 weeks)
12 October – 23 October 2026
(Activities include Land Registry, Corporate Affairs Commission, Multi-Door Courthouse, Law Clinic exercises, SRC Law Week, and mock trials.)

Bob Annual Lecture
22 October 2026

Revision Week
26 October – 30 October 2026

Bar Final Examinations
31 October – 7 November 2026

Post-Bar Examination Activities (6 weeks)
9 November – 18 December 2026

Results and Call to the Bar

• Publication of Results: Date to be announced
  
• Call to the Bar Ceremony: Date to be announced
  

Students are advised to carefully note the outlined dates and prepare accordingly for each stage of the academic year.