Nigeria, Oct. 29 -- We gathered that the Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo gave the charge when the Acting Dean and senior officials of the Faculty of Law, Federal University Otuoke, visited him in Yenagoa on Wednesday.

He lamented that the once-honourable legal profession was gradually losing its prestige due to unethical behavior by some members of both the Bar and the Bench.

Ewhrudjakpo called for urgent reforms in the grooming of young lawyers, noting that many recent graduates lack the moral fibre and professional discipline the legal system demands.

According to him, "We have always had problems with the grooming of lawyers, and that is a very big issue.

So you must set the standard because if you do not set the standard now,...