Between 1987 and 1989, the University of Sierra Leone had produced 30 LLB Honours graduates, most of whom had the desire to pursue the Professional Course leading to the Bar. It was not till February 1990, however, that their dreams were realized and 26 of these graduates were enrolled as the first set of Sierra Leone Law School Students.

It is to their credit that they worked so hard under the difficult conditions described earlier, and understood that they ought to set a standard that future students would follow. They have held their own so well in the profession, that even skeptic who wondered whether a LAW SCHOOL would take off in Sierra Leone now acknowledge that indeed the School has taken off, gained height and is well on the way to achieving maximum cruising height and speed! Of these twenty-six initial graduands, only twenty-two were called to the Bar in December 1990 at a very impressive Call Ceremony held at the City Hall, by kind permission of the then Chairman, Freetown City Council Committee of Management.

The full list of Barristers so far called to the Bar by the School, appears later on page 81. Two candidates were referred in one subject each while two failed to satisfy the conditions necessary for a pass.