Three First-Class Graduates on How to Graduate with First Class from the Nigerian Law School

Graduating from any Nigerian university is no easy feat. To graduate with a first-class degree is even more demanding. But beyond university, law students face another rigorous year of study at the Nigerian Law School, where the workload, examinations, and pressure can test even the most determined students. Yet, some Nigerian law students, demonstrating remarkable discipline and resilience, not only make it through the Law School but finish with first-class results.

If you are a law student aspiring to attend the Nigerian Law School, or you are already there and hoping to graduate with excellent results, hear from these three first-class graduates about what it took to excel and the lessons they believe can help you do the same.

Loren Adetutu Gomez – One of the Best Graduating Female Students at the Nigerian Law School in 2026

Loren Adetutu Gomez shared how consistency, discipline and learning how to build habits, even when there’s no motivation, helps. After graduating from the University of Lagos in the top 5% of her class, Loren entered law school with a singular goal: First Class or nothing.

When she was posted to the Abuja campus, she quickly realised that the sheer volume of material, rather than the difficulty of the individual subjects, was the real challenge, so she committed to doing something law-related every day, even on days when she was tired or sick. She constantly adjusted her study strategy, eventually abandoning detailed note-taking, finding study environments that worked better for her, relying on repetition and active recall, deleting social media apps and setting realistic daily goals.

Despite illness, exhaustion, very little sleep and moments when even a 2:1 seemed good enough, she stayed consistent with the help of her friends and eventually graduated with a First Class as…