Court halts LSB bar exams

This comes after a group of 21 aspiring lawyers from Gaborone Universal College (GUC) filed an urgent High Court application against the LSB, alleging they were unfairly denied registration for the June 2026 Bar Examinations.

Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa said the respondent in the matter, being the LSB, shall not proceed with the scheduling and administration of the 2026 bar examinations pending the hearing and final determination of the matter. In the matter, which is now set down for hearing/argument on July 16 in Gaborone, the applicants are seeking an order declaring the LSB's refusal to register them for the June 2026 Bar Examinations unlawful, irrational, and unreasonable. They are also asking the court to set aside the decision and direct that they be registered and permitted to sit for examinations.