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  • Mustapha Abdul-Hamid advocates for inclusion of Islamic Law in Ghana School of Law curriculum

    Mustapha Abdul-Hamid advocates for inclusion of Islamic Law in Ghana School of Law curriculum

    Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has called for the introduction of Islamic law as part of the curriculum at the Ghana School of Law.

    Speaking at a grand iftar organised by the Ghana School of Law Muslim Students Association in Accra on Friday, March 28, Abdul-Hamid underscored the significance of expanding legal education to reflect Ghana’s diverse legal traditions.

    The event, themed “Reflections on the Ideals of Ramadan: Lessons for a Nation in Search of Development,” provided a platform for discussions on governance, justice, and equity.

    Abdul-Hamid emphasized that Islamic jurisprudence offers profound insights into legal principles that can enhance students’ understanding of justice and governance within a multicultural society.

    He argued that incorporating it into legal education would promote inclusivity and equip future lawyers with a broader perspective on legal systems.

    He urged the Ghana School of Law to consider this proposal as part of its efforts to modernize and enrich its academic offerings.

    His advocacy highlights the need for a legal education framework that embraces diversity and prepares graduates to navigate the complexities of an increasingly globalized legal landscape.

  • Ghana School of Law in hot waters for procurement violations

    Ghana School of Law in hot waters for procurement violations

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to urgently provide the provisional voter register for the upcoming December 7 general elections to all political parties before the start of the exhibition exercise.

    Dr. Omane Boamah, the NDC’s Director of Elections, took to Facebook to accuse the EC of both incompetence and intentional delays, alleging that this is an attempt to deliver an inadequate voter register to the political parties.

    Boamah raised alarm about the situation, cautioning that the ongoing delays and what he described as the EC’s poor management could potentially lead to serious unrest if not swiftly addressed.

    “Deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately.”

    Below is the full statement.

    The EC must release the Provisional Voter Register (PVR) now!

    With just six (6) days to the 2024 EXHIBITION of the Provisional Voter Register (PVR), political parties are yet to receive the register.

    We strongly believe this lack of promptness exhibited by the EC is due to both incompetence and a deliberate attempt to dump a sub-standard Provisional Voter Register on political parties in a short period, to make it difficult for interested parties to critically peruse the register before the Exhibition starts, next week.

    The EC wrote to the NDC on the 18th of July 2024, requesting that we bring an external drive (2 terabytes) for the PVR to be loaded for us.

    We responded to their request by submitting the external drive with additional requests for all 16 regional register code books.

    Unfortunately, for well over two weeks, the EC refused to honour their obligation per CI 91 as amended by CI 126.

    Caught with this, the EC surprisingly wrote to us on the 8th of August 2024 now saying they will release the PVR on the 14th of August 2024, six clear days to the exhibition exercise which starts next week on the 20th of August 2024.

    This is grossly unfair!

    To make matters worse, we are told that today (the 14th of August) we will not receive the Provisional Voter Register until Friday, 16th August 2024. Leaving us with only six (6) days to package and dispatch the register to the over 38,000 Polling stations across Ghana to aid in pre-exhibition scrutiny of the register.

    We are aware of the dysfunctional IT Department of the EC, for which we earlier called on the UNDP (@ IPAC) to extend a helping hand to.

    The EC has refused and has since not followed up with the UNDP for technical support. Yet, the (deliberate) mistakes keep recurring.

    We are deeply concerned that the posturing and incompetence of the EC and its IT Department can plunge Ghana into anarchy if not remedied immediately.

    Recall the chaotic 2023 District Assembly Elections, the recent network failures during the Limited Registration Exercise, as well as Transfers and Proxies.

    These have exposed the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of the EC.

    This deliberate attempt to disturb the electoral roll in order to benefit one political party will be resisted!

    Already, the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits stolen at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission under CCTV surveillance have still not been found. Have the stolen BVR kits been used to dump illegally registered voters onto the voter register?

    The sanctity of our electoral system must be upheld at all times irrespective of who is in power!

    We call on CSOs, religious bodies, and diplomatic missions to take an interest in the activities of this current EC because (beyond verbal assurances) the Commission is not SHOWING a commitment to deliver credible elections on December 07 2024.

    The EC must release the Provisional Voter Register now!

  • Increasing Supreme Court justices is illegitimate and power abuse – Ansah Asare

    Increasing Supreme Court justices is illegitimate and power abuse – Ansah Asare

    A former Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) and private legal practitioner, Ansah Asare, has stated that any move to increase the number of justices at the Supreme Court would be illegitimate.

    This statement comes in response to Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s indication that the Apex Court requires additional judges.

    Following the hearing of two lawsuits filed by Broadcast Journalist Richard Dela Sky and Researcher Dr. Amanda Odoi against Parliament’s passage of the anti-gay bill, the Chief Justice highlighted the need for more judges.

    “The ruling is adjourned to July 17, 2024. We must thank everyone for their patience, but this is our lot. There are several cases pending, right? That is why we need more Supreme Court judges,” she stated.

    President Akufo-Addo has made a formal request to nominate five judges to the Supreme Court of Ghana.

    The nominees include Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botchwey, the presiding judge in the ambulance case involving Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Justice Cyra Pamela Koranteng, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Eric Kyei Baffuour, and Justice Angelina Mensah Homiah.

    “The reason we are being given now is looking for a stick to beat one dog. We should not entertain such things. Is the Ladyship Chief Justice suggesting that each time we have a very sensitive case that number should be increased? For me this is illegitimate and an abuse of power.

    “This is not the Chief Justice who is doing it, I don’t think the request is coming from the Justice, as I said if the request must come at all, the Judicial Secretary should be the mouthpiece to announce whatever changes they want to make for, and on behalf of the Judicial Council. And let us leave the Chief Justice out of this mess,” the former GSL Director lamented.

    However, speaking on Morning Starr with Francis Abban, Mr. Asare asserted that any addition of justices to the Apex Court should not be considered.

    According to him, such practices are detrimental to the nation, and former leaders who engaged in them would not attempt it now.

    “It is a mess, we are creating problems in search of solutions. We don’t need any such thing. Even if they are to add one more it is still illegitimate, clear abuse of power, the clear abuse of incumbency.

    “But the problem that will loom large would be when we know the outcome of the election. As I said if it goes against the NPP then they will find solace in the packing of the court.

    “This happened during the Rawlings regime. My sincere and honest assessment of the situation is that whatever the number is, it will be intended to use them to claim victory. It is not good for the country. Nkrumah did it in the ’60s if he was to be alive today I think he would be the first to regret to have done that.”

  • OSP was set up to save NPP wrongdoers – Former GSL Director

    OSP was set up to save NPP wrongdoers – Former GSL Director

    Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has expressed doubts about the effectiveness and impartiality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), alleging that the government established it to shield its party members from corruption allegations.

    In an interview with Citi FM on Tuesday, May 28, Ansa-Asare expressed reservations about the OSP’s effectiveness in combating corruption.

    He suggested that the institution might be serving the interests of the ruling party rather than upholding its mandate to impartially address corruption in Ghana.

    “I could objectively judge the contributions of the Office of the Special Prosecutor if we had a person like Martin Amidu [former OSP] as the Special Prosecutor. But the person we have now is one of the appointees who might have been brought there for a purpose.”

    “So far, what I can say of the Office of the Special Prosecutor seems to me was created purposely to exonerate NPP offenders,” he said.

    Inaugurated in 2018, the OSP was conceived as an independent anti-corruption body in Ghana, aligned with the principles of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

    Its core mission is to investigate and prosecute specific cases of alleged or suspected corruption and related offenses in both the public and private sectors.

    Beyond its prosecutorial duties, the OSP is also responsible for recovering proceeds derived from corrupt activities. This includes seizing illicitly obtained wealth and implementing preventive measures to curb future instances of corruption.

  • Ghana School of Law advocates for immediate infrastructure improvement

    Management of the Ghana School of Law has voiced concerns regarding the stagnant infrastructure development at the institution since its inception.

    They lamented the insufficient facilities to accommodate the growing student population, often resorting to renting public address systems for events at high costs.

    Director Nana Yaw Barima Kodie Oppong appealed to the government and philanthropic organizations for assistance in expanding the school’s infrastructure to facilitate the training of more lawyers.

    “If you come there, the rest of us have managed to squeeze from stones to be able to even maintain what we already have which was constructed in 1958 during the reign of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and has seen very little expansion in terms of infrastructure until recently, when we had just a block or so added to it.

    “Otherwise, it was a school that was originally meant for about 96 people. We have had to rent from even recently established universities. The ego alone is so bruised that our own children are now providing facilities for us as if we are homeless.”

    Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, emphasized the necessity of revitalizing the Ghana School of Law.

    He assured a joint effort with the President to tackle this issue.

    “I really felt sad and my spirit went low when I visited the law school recently upon their invitation to come and deliver a paper on ethics in legal practice. And I saw that there had been no change since I left the school in 1982.

    “And with all these rich lawyers in very high positions, how could our school be that low? Isn’t it a shame? We need to do more. And so I have been putting a bit of pressure on His Excellency the President for us to set the ball rolling.”

  • Pay lawyers, they also have lives – GSL Director urges public to give up pro-bono lifestyle

    Pay lawyers, they also have lives – GSL Director urges public to give up pro-bono lifestyle

    Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL), Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, has highlighted that many legal practitioners in Ghana provide their services for free, even when they should be paid.

    Speaking on JoyNews’ The Law, he explained that this situation arises because some clients do not see the need to pay for services such as consultation unless they are involved in a court case.

    Mr. Oppong noted that in Ghana, there is a perception that legal advice is not worth paying for, unlike other services like tiling, where payment is expected. He emphasized that while the original purpose of the legal profession was not solely for financial gain, it has gradually been recognized as a business.

    He emphasized that practicing law should not be limited to receiving payment only for court appearances or successful cases.

    “I perform a service, you pay me. A lot of lawyers are doing free work where they should have charged. Sometimes, the rules make it seem as if this is a profession that makes people perform a service without expectation of remuneration but at the same time, it is also a business…The law has prescribed strictly how that business is to be rendered and the fees for it,”he said.

    The GSL Director added that “it is not how much to be taken but how it should be taken. That is why there are a number of cases where when a lawyer has not specifically entered into an agreement with a client, the case is ended and he sends a bill and the court says no to that. From the beginning, you did not even tell him this is how much I’ll charge you or even when you have charged the person, give him prior notice to pay this amount. So not even giving a notice to your own client can be a problem.”

    Mr. Oppong mentioned that in the legal profession, there are rules that can be challenging to enforce when they benefit the lawyer but are easily enforced when they go against the lawyer.

    “If you were to follow strictly these rules, a lot of Ghanaians cannot access these services. People think talking about law (on TV shows and programmes) I am charging, and they think that is how I make my money,” he said, adding that although that is how it should be, in Ghana that is not the case.

    Mr Oppong said that these rules need to be looked at again. “We should recognise the business aspect of it and also the fact that we are also called upon to render service without claiming any deal and merge it. And when these matters come up the general public should understand that we have rendered free services as well.”

  • School of Law Kumasi campus to remain open amid Makola expansion – GSL Director

    School of Law Kumasi campus to remain open amid Makola expansion – GSL Director

    The Ghana School of Law (GSL) has acquired land at Makola to initiate the expansion of its campus, in line with the vision of former Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, aiming to bring the law school closer to court complexes.

    Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, the Director of GSL, confirmed this development and assured that the expansion in Accra would not result in the closure of the Kumasi campus.

    He acknowledged the support of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who facilitated the establishment of the Kumasi campus as the first regional campus.

    “The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been gracious in getting us a location to formerly establish and make the Kumasi campus as our first regional campus. So, the expansion at Makola is not going to lead to the shutting down of the Kumasi campus. ”

    “We try to obey laws just to avoid punishment. But you cannot be successful at the bar if all you think about is that you’re doing what pleases others as right because if you don’t, you would be punished.

    Speaking at the induction ceremony for professional law course students at the Kumasi campus, KNUST, Director Barima Yaw Oppong emphasized the importance of ethics in the legal profession.

    He urged students to make ethical principles an integral part of their professional lives.

    Former Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah echoed the call for adherence to the code of ethics, emphasizing its significance for successful legal practice.

    Justice of the Court of Appeal, Samuel Obeng Diawuo, highlighted the seriousness of legal ethics, cautioning against lawyers making public statements on pending cases in which they are involved. He stressed that upholding ethical principles is crucial for bolstering public confidence in the rule of law and the legal profession.

    The induction ceremony welcomed 140 law students into the Ghana School of Law – Kumasi Campus, as they embark on their academic journey toward becoming legal practitioners.

    “Ethics must be our way of life. It must be imbibed in us even at the formative level. Otherwise, you may become a lawyer, but don’t forget that if you refuse to comply with the rules of ethics, there can be serious consequences for you,” stressed.

    “A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter that is still pending before a court, shall not make an out-of-court statement or grant an interview to the media on the merits of the case. But now, lawyers are heard commenting on merits of cases that are pending and which they are participants.

    Adherence to and observing legality is one of the pillars on which the rule of law is anchored. When ethical principles are upheld by both lawyers and judges, it bolsters public confidence, belief, and faith in the rule of law and, by extension, legal practice”

  • Ghana School of Law: Over 900 excel in 2023 exams

    Ghana School of Law: Over 900 excel in 2023 exams

    Over 900 individuals of the 2023 batch have received approval from the Independent Examination Committee of the General Legal Council.

    This group includes 499 students who had been initially denied admission to the Ghana School of Law two years ago but were subsequently admitted following a series of protests and appeals.

    Following the release of the results, Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong, the immediate past SRC president of the Ghana School of Law, who spoke to the media highlighted the significance of this year’s call to the bar ceremony.

    “It’s exciting how students are reacting on their WhatsApp pages and statuses,” he said. “For the first time, we are going to have over 900 students called to the Ghana bar. It’s quite historic given the turn of events in the past.”

    Atta-Agyapong encouraged students who did not make it onto the list to maintain their determination and strive to be called in the mini-call scheduled for March next year.

    “It’s not the end of the road,” he emphasized. “We have a mini-call, and it’s expected that next year these students will be offered the opportunity to sit for the supplementary exams, and when they are successful, they will be called.”

    Atta-Agyapong encouraged students who did not find their names on the list to persevere and aim for inclusion in the upcoming mini-call scheduled for March next year.

    “It’s not the end of the road,” he said. “We have a mini-call, and it’s expected that next year these students will be offered the opportunity to sit for the supplementary exams, and when they are successful, they will be called.”

  • “I was not a terrible student at Ghana School of Law” – Ama Governor boldly declares

    “I was not a terrible student at Ghana School of Law” – Ama Governor boldly declares

    Ama Governor, a 24-year-old law school graduate from the University of Ghana, has been defending herself against allegations that have marred her reputation and stalled her dreams of being called to the Bar.

    Proclaiming her innocence in a Twitter rant, Ama asserted that there was no misconduct on her part during her time at the Ghana School of Law (GSL).

    Ama’s case gained attention after an anonymous petitioner sought to deny her a call to the Bar.

    According to her, she however emerged victorious after the petition, which she describes as “frivolous” was swiftly dismissed by the Ghana Legal Council (GLC).


    “This obviously frivolous petition that should not have passed the prima facie test, but which managed to stop my life, was thrown out in the very first hearing within 15 minutes. They just said they have read our written submission and agree with us wholeheartedly, and so they do not wish to address me on anything in the petition.”

    𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 @Ama_governor [Twitter]



    Nevertheless, the ordeal has left her name tainted, and she continues to be allegedly used as a “bad example” in law classes.



    “Since 6th November 2022, my name continues to be dragged in the most undignified ways. I hear in law classes, I am used as a bad example of people unworthy of the Ghana Bar. When people like the Honourable CJ also talks about you like this, I’m sorry, but I do not recognize the person you are attempting to describe me as. Me? Immoral? Unfit? Misconducting myself how?”

    𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 @Ama_governor [Twitter]

    Ama Governor in Twitter thread, vehemently denied any wrongdoing during her time at the GSL.
    She emphasized that there was “nothing about any crime” or misconduct attributed to her, either in school or outside. Ama highlighted the ‘Book of Shame,’ a disciplinary measure used by the GSL to catch students who misconduct themselves, and asserted that she had never been subjected to it.

    “NOTHING ABOUT ANY CRIME I HAVE COMMITTED OR ANY MISCONDUCT ON MY PART WHETHER IN SCHOOL OR OUT OF SCHOOL, NEVER A PRONOUNCEMENT OF MISCONDUCT. NOT ONE TIME. I COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY THE ‘BOOK OF SHAME’ – GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW’S WAY OF CATCHING STUDENTS WHO MISCONDUCT THEMSELVES, OR HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY A TEACHING OR NON TEACHING STAFF AT GSL. I WAS NOT A TERRIBLE LAW STUDENT OR PERSON WHILE STUDYING LAW,” SHE WROTE.

    𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 @Ama_governor [Twitter]

    Despite her dedication and commitment to her legal studies, Ama found herself facing serious accusations. The unidentified petitioner claimed that she was not fit to be called to the bar based on three grounds. Two of these grounds, according to Ama, were exposed as complete fabrications when Ama and her lawyer presented videos that rebutted the claims.

    The first accusation revolved around a video Ama and her classmates had made to introduce law school life to outsiders.

    The petitioner falsely interpreted the video as tarnishing the school’s reputation by suggesting that law students slept in class. Ama firmly denied this, stating that the video was meant to be lighthearted and welcoming.

    “The petitioner stated three grounds upon which they believed that I was not fit to be a lawyer. Two of them were complete fabrications which interestingly enough were rebutted by the very videos the petitioner attached to a pen drive on which they relied. Can you imagine? The two fallacious grounds were that, I can be seen in a widely circulated video with other GSL students tarnishing the schools reputation. Ei. They were referencing this video o: A video my classmates and I made for all persons outside the legal so where who want to become a part of us.

    𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 @Ama_governor [Twitter]

    The second false allegation targeted Ama’s choice to wear nose rings to school. However, Ama clarified that she had always complied with the GSL’s expectations, even when there were no explicit rules against nose rings. Despite her efforts to follow the guidelines, she found herself unfairly attacked for her personal choices.

    Ama then went on to defend the identity and advocacy she pursued on social media. She had shared her journey, documenting her life experiences related to body autonomy, feminism, body positivity, queerness, women’s sexual reproductive health, self-worth, and women’s sexual liberation. Ama wondered if her advocacy for these important issues had been misconstrued as a “crime” years later.


    “I was a girl who began studying law at 18 years at the University of Ghana and who having just gotten her first phone in uni, was mesmerized by YouTube, first of all and other social media platforms. I not only amassed an active following but shared everything I’ve learned to be the woman I am today through the law by digitally documenting my life: body autonomy, feminism, body positivity, embodying my queerness, women’s sexual reproductive health, self-worth, confidence, women’s sexual liberation, and I would create content around this. 

    Was this my crime? Was someone to tell me at 18 that this would be considered a crime 6 yrs later? What was my actual crime? What did I do? What did the Ama Governor girl actually do wrong?”

    𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 @Ama_governor [Twitter]

  • “Call to the bar”: I won the case! – Youtuber Ama Governor lashes out

    “Call to the bar”: I won the case! – Youtuber Ama Governor lashes out

    Ghanaian YouTuber and law graduate, Ama Governor, has taken to Twitter to express her frustration and anger over the delay in her call to the bar, which was suspended due to a petition filed by an anonymous person who claimed she was unfit to be a lawyer.

    In a series of tweets, Ama Governor revealed that she had successfully defended herself against the petition, which was based on false and malicious allegations about her conduct and sexuality. 

    She said the petition was thrown out in the first hearing, and that the subsequent hearings were only about two questions the committee had to ask her.

    “Respectfully, I am still waiting to be told what my improper conduct was from 6th Nov, 2022 till date. I cannot handle this tarnishing of image and spread of false information about the true facts of the events that took place for much longer. This is cruel.

    I won the ‘case’, if you will, against the till date unidentified petitioner. After my lawyer and I submitted our written legal response to the frivolous petition, it was thrown out in the very first hearing. The next three hearings till the decision was delivered was about 2 questions the committee had to ask me and us coming to a consensus, ” she wrote. 

    She also challenged the basis and legality of the petition, which was filed on 3rd November 2022, just six days before her scheduled call to the bar on 11th November 2022. She said she had passed all the requirements necessary to be called to the bar, and that she had not committed any crime or misconduct while studying law.

    Ama accused the petitioner of violating her constitutional rights and tarnishing her image with lies and fabrications. She also lamented the unfair treatment and discrimination she faced from some members of the legal profession, who used her as a bad example and questioned her moral compass.

    She demanded to know what her actual crime was, and why she was singled out among her peers. She said she was proud of her content creation and advocacy on various social media platforms, where she shared her views on feminism, body positivity, queerness, women’s sexual liberation, and other topics.

    She ended her rant by calling for justice and respect for her dignity and career. She said she was still waiting to be told what her improper conduct was from 6th November 2022 till date. She said she could not handle the spread of false information and the denial of her call to the bar any longer.

    Her tweets have sparked mixed reactions from netizens, some of whom supported her and praised her courage and resilience, while others criticized her and questioned her suitability for the legal profession. Some also called for an investigation into the petition and the role of the General Legal Council in handling the matter.

  • Working and studying law is not easy – Gertrude Torkornoo

    Working and studying law is not easy – Gertrude Torkornoo

    The nominee for Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has stated that individuals who work and study law at the same time have a difficult time learning.

    She said they are having a struggle with the ability to engage the law and pass the examinations due to interference with work.

    Speaking during her vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, May 26, she said “now, many people in law school are working and I think that affects their ability to really engage with the law and pass the exams.

    “If you recall, in the last six months at least a thousand people have been called to the bar, the last major call had 860 or so people being called to the bar.

    “We had a mini call a few weeks ago, almost 200 people. A mini call having 200 people, that is unpreceded so they are coming out and they are going in but I think the journey is a struggle for working people.”

  • No Chief Justice can transform Ghana’s legal education system – Kwaku Ansa-Asare

    No Chief Justice can transform Ghana’s legal education system – Kwaku Ansa-Asare

    Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has said that no Chief Justice can transform the country’s legal education system.

    According to him, it is not their job to do so as legal education is the domain of legal educators and not the Chief Justice.

    Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, he explained that the core mandate of the Chief Justice is to superintend over the justice delivery system and the judicial service rather than meddle in how legal education is carried out in the country.

    “No Chief Justice will be able to reform legal education in this country. It is not their job. Chief Justices are there to superintend justice delivery systems from the corridors of the judicial service and the judiciary. Legal education is not part and parcel of judicial activism,” he stated.

    He noted that the problem with Ghana’s legal education system is the fact that it has been merged with the justice delivery system rather than it being treated as part of the general education system.

    “Elsewhere you have legal education as a separate and distinct thing from the justice delivery system. They are not cut out for legal education. So we’re better off leaving legal education in the hands of legal educators, period!

    “So believe you me no Chief Justice – if I have to cast my vote I’ll cast my vote for none of them. Because I don’t expect any of them, be it Yonny Kulendi or Gertrude Torkonoo to come and reshape the legal environment. It’s not possible.

    “So I have always held the view that Ghana as a nation will be better off if legal education is entrusted in the hands of those who are trained to be legal educators and are therefore [in] the legal education environment.

    “Apart from that, what I can say in this regard is if anybody should tell you that either Justice Gertrude Torkonoo or Yonny Kulendi as Chief Justice or whatever will undertake any reform in legal education I do not think the person is speaking truth,” he argued.

  • Ghana School of Law students donate to Korle Bu Child Health Department

    Ghana School of Law students donate to Korle Bu Child Health Department

    A monetary donation of GH8,000 has been donated to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s occupational therapy office by a few concerned students and the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law.

    The amount, which was raised in collaboration with the Concerned Students of the Ghana Law School, was an idea initiated by one of the students, Morris Adjei, whose son has been receiving therapeutic care at the facility for some time now.

    The SRC President of the Ghana School of Law, Odupong Agyapong Atta-Agyapong, who led a team to donate, thanked Morris Adjei for bringing the need of the occupational therapy department to their attention.

    “I want to sincerely thank Mr. Morris Adjei for granting the students of the Ghana School of Law the opportunity to give towards this important project to save the kids,“ Odupong said.

    He also stressed how for him, children are special gifts from God, who require utmost care and attention.

    He used the occasion to wish the kids on admission a speedy recovery and prayed for God’s divine healing for them.

    In her remarks to receive the donation, the administrator of child health at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Esther Tetteh, expressed her gratitude to the SRC and the entire student’s body for the support.

    She also singled out Morris Adjei for mention, stressing that he has led the way as a parent and that she hopes that other parents, as well as individuals, schools and other benevolent organizations, will emulate the gesture by the Odupong-led SRC.

    The administrator, who was in the company of two occupational therapists, Nancy Agyei and Elizabeth Miretina Oti, as well as a representative from the public relations unit of the hospital, gave the assurance that the money will be used for its intended purpose.

    She asked for God’s blessings for the SRC and the concerned students, saying they have contributed to laying the foundation for the children who are the future leaders.

  • Former Law School president Wonder Kutor elected to NDC NEC

    Former President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Wonder Victor Kutor has been elected as one of the five members to serve on the National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the just-ended National Delegates Congress.

    At 31, Wonder Kutor’s election makes him one of the youngest persons to have assumed that high-level position in the party in view of the fact that it is a position normally vied and occupied by older members of the party.

    Not only did he make history by being elected as one of the youngest but he secured the highest votes amongst the aspirants.

    He went into the contest against 18 other aspirants for the position out of which, he together and four others got the nod.

    He polled 1596 votes to be the first in the contest which also saw stalwarts like Araba Tagoe garnering 1017, Cecilia Asaga getting 845, Victoria Kumah-Mintah with 716 and Ephraim Nii Tan Sackey making 506 of the votes and elected in that order for the NEC membership positions.

    Commenting on his election, Wonder Kutor told Journalists the delegates bought into his message which is to work hard to get the NDC elected and be in power for at least 16 years.

    “I am expressing gratitude to all the delegates who welcomed me across the country and in some cases met me late in the night and in vehicles.

    “I also congratulate my colleagues and most importantly, the newly elected Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia.

    Source: myjoyonline

  • Ghana School of Law inducts new Director of Legal Education

    Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, Manwerehene of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area has been inducted as the new Director of Legal Education and also the Director of the Ghana School of Law.

    The induction ceremony is the first since the establishment of the Ghana School of Law in 1958.

    Ghana School of Law inducts new Director of Legal Education

    The new Director of Legal Education, Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong took over from Kwasi Prempeh-Eck.

    The ceremony saw family, well-wishers and Justices of the Supreme Court, as well as students of the GSL in attendance.

    Ghana School of Law inducts new Director of Legal Education

    Key among them were Justices Jones Victor Mawulorm Dotse, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi, all Justices of the Supreme Court, and the leadership of the Ghana Bar Association, led by its President, Yaw Acheampong Boafo; the Judicial Secretary, Justice Cynthia Pamela Addo; the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame.

    Ghana School of Law inducts new Director of Legal Education

    The Chief Justice led the Director of Legal Education to take the Oath of Office and Oath of Secrecy.

    Source: Myjoyonline

  • I’m not surprised if I hear news about Ghana School of Law – Yaw Oppong

    The Director of Ghana School of Law (GSL) popularly known as Makola, Mr. Yaw Oppong says he is no more surprised when he hears any news concerning the country’s legal training institution.

    Speaking on the ‘Scoop’, a segment on GTV’s Breakfast Show with Kafui Dey on Thursday, December 1, 2022, Mr. Oppong explained that he has ceased to be surprised when matters come up about GSL after knowing the meaning of Makola.

    “I have said elsewhere that when I got to know the meaning of Makola I ceased to be surprised when matters come up about GSL.

    I mean it is a place where I understand the original name means to come to fetch fire “Ma Ko La” so GSL is a place where people come to fetch the fire of legal education” the Director of GSL reiterated.

    He continued by saying, “we are fine about what is happening except for the number of times it matters that some people either have contrived or because of the absence of understanding about the peculiar situations that occur in the school.

    According to him, a lot of good things are happening under his administration at GSL but it is not for management to go about trumpeting them. Adding that “those who are the beneficiaries know that we are doing a lot of good things for them and mother Ghana so we are fine.”

    On the issues of brouhaha about law entrance exams, Mr. Oppong stated categorically that the GSL does not conduct entrance examinations.

    “Well, first of all, I want to put it on record that the Ghana School of Law has an institution that is akin to WAEC, it is called Independent Examination Committee which is established under the mother institution called the Ghana Legal Council.

    So sometimes when you see the Ghana School of Law entrance exams, I say that there’s nothing like that. We don’t conduct examinations.

    “Sometimes it’s like WACE conducting an exam and people go to the headmaster of my former school Pope John, asking why are these problems associated with the examination that WACE conducted? But be that as it may, we are together. But when there is good news in the system, a series of good news we must also hear that,” he added.

  • GLC admits 177 more into Ghana School of Law

    An additional 177 students who wrote the 2022 Independent Examination Committee (IEC) entrance exams have been admitted to the Ghana School of Law.

    This was revealed by the General Legal Council (GLC) in a press release dated November 25, 2022.

    Already, GLC has admitted a total of 522 out of the 2654 candidates who sat for this year’s Ghana School of Law entrance exams.

    In total, the General Legal Council has admitted 699 candidates to the Ghana School of Law.

    The number of students who passed represents less than 20% of the 2,654 people who took part in the examination.

    Meanwhile, the Registrar of GSL, Nana Osei-Bonsu, has noted that admitted students are to submit all relevant documents to the Ghana School of Law before November 30, 2022.

    Background

    It will be recalled that in July 2022, the Independent Examinations Body—the organisation in charge of exams at the Ghana School of Law—cancelled a Civil Procedure paper that was supposed to be written on July 15, 2022.

    The Civil Procedure exams were cancelled over the suspicion that the questions had leaked hours before.

    The 2022 law school entrance examination was rescheduled to September 23.
    However, the exams were cancelled for the second time after being rescheduled to take place on Friday, September 23, 2022, after the exam papers allegedly leaked online.

    Source: The Independent Ghana

  • GLC admits 177 more into Ghana School of Law

    The number of new students entering the Ghana School of Law to pursue the Professional Law Course has risen to 699 after the General Legal Council released a final supplementary list of candidates who passed the entrance exams written in September 2022.

    The final supplementary list, approved by the GLC and released in Accra on Friday, added 177 more candidates to the initial list of 522 candidates said to have passed the entrance exams.

    The first pass list came two weeks ago, with successful candidates waiting for admission letters from the Ghana School of Law.

    Source: Citinews

  • I failed two papers in Law School – Despite’s son Kennedy Osei

    Kennedy Osei has recounted how he failed two papers while studying at the Ghana School of Law, Makola.

    Speaking at his graduation party, the father of two disclosed that it is tough being in law school as he didn’t expect to have failed in Company Law, a course he thought he was familiar with because he sat on a Board and studied business at the University of Ghana.

    Explaining further, he noted that he studied hard with the help of his friends and passed when he had to re-sit them.

    “It was difficult. If you get into law school it’s challenging. Before you graduate you would have suffered so much for it. When I got in, I had gotten very close to Dennis and Dennis told me that ‘Ken, you in law school is news. In law school, when you fail it’s normal but when you fail, it’s not normal. When you fail, it’s news.

    “So. I was like ‘ah, Dennis koraa what is this he has told me because it’s making me restless’. It will always be on my mind so we went through the first part, six papers and I failed two. When I had to resit those papers Mr Ken will have to call me at 6 am and ask me, ‘Hey Ken, where are you? Get up I am coming.’ He will come and sit with me and we will have to learn and madam (Tracy) and madam will be cooking for us,” he shared.

    According to Kennedy, he had told his father there was a reason for him to have failed his papers because it wasn’t ordinary if he was heading a company and was familiar with the laws.

    “Look when the results came, as if I was mad. I tore the papers into shreds. I was telling my dad a few days ago that those papers that I failed, there was a reason for it. Because it’s not normal for me to fail Company Law when I sit on a board and deal with companies.

    “I did business at the University of Ghana, and I have gone to do finance. It was normal. So I didn’t understand why I had to fail those papers so, I had to kill it once and for all,” he added.

    Meanwhile, Kennedy in jest said he expects to be duly referred to as Esquire because it was not easy attaining that height.

    “I am very happy you can call me a lawyer. If you make a mistake and you write my name and you don’t add Esquire to it, I will fight with you,” he said.

  • I’m not behind petition against Ama Governor – Richard Dela Sky

    Ace broadcaster and student of the Ghana School of Law, Richard Delay Sky, has denied being behind a purported document on social media linking him to a petition demanding that the General Legal Council reprimands Ama Governor Ababio, a fellow student.

    The document which has gone viral on social media is said to have been written by one Hajia Siduri, a concerned citizen.

    Although the contact on the letter is said to be that of Richard Dela Sky, the ace broadcaster, in a statement insisted that he did not author the document in question.

    “To avoid doubt, the number displayed is my number, but I did not author the document in question. Also, I am not connected to anyone involved with the said document.”

    “I have since drawn the attention of the relevant authorities to the issue for the appropriate redress,” Dela Sky added.

    Ama Governor is due to be called to the Bar on Friday, but her call has been put on hold pending investigations into a complaint received the by the school concerning her character.

    Although she successfully completed the professional law program, the letter from the concerned citizen alleged that she “lacks good character.”

    Below is Dela Sky’s full disclaimer

    My attention has been drawn to a document in circulation in which the author has asked the General Legal Council to investigate a person said to be a student of the Ghana School of Law.

    To avoid doubt, the number displayed is my number, but I DID NOT AUTHOR THE DOCUMENT IN QUESTION. ALSO, I AM NOT CONNECTED TO ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE SAID DOCUMENT.

    I have since drawn the attention of the relevant authorities to the issue for the appropriate redress.

    Richard Sky
    Dated: 10th November 2022

     

  • 5 sensitive photos of embattled law student Ama Governor

    Despite successfully passing her bar exams and the interview session as well, Ghanaian socialite, Ama Governor’s appears to have ‘shaky’ chances of becoming a lawyer.

    Known in real life as Elorm Ababio, she is due to be called to the bar on Friday, November 12, 2022, upon completion of the Ghana School of Law, Makola, but received a letter from the Secretary to the General Legal Council informing her that the decision has been challenged.

    A “concerned citizen” is said to have filed a complaint alleging that Ama Governor lacks good character and not befitting enough to venture into the law profession.

    A YouTube video said to show her allegedly engaged in “conduct unbecoming of an application to be called to the Bar” has also been attached to the complaint.

    Following the incident, there has been an uproar on social media, particularly on Twitter where scores of individuals have condemned the decision of the General Legal Council to withhold ‘calling her to the bar’ while investigations take place.

    Let’s take a look at some sultry pictures shared by Ama Governor on Instagram.

    Some of these pictures seem to have partly informed the motion against her dreams of becoming a lawyer.

    Checkout the photos below:

  • Details of why Ghanaian YouTuber’s call to the Bar is on hold

    Elorm Ababio, a student who just completed the Ghana School of Law (GSL) will not be called to the Ghana Bar due to a petition filed against her by a “concerned citizen”.

    Known popularly on YouTube as Ama Governor, the complaint, according to a letter signed by Justice Cynthia Pamela A. Addo JA, Secretary, Ghana Legal Council (GLC), stated that Ama Governor is seen in widely circulated videos engaging in what it describes as “conduct unbecoming of an applicant to be called to the Bar”.

    The Complainant, the GLC Secretary indicated, also submitted a flash drive [pen drive] which contains selected video files and hyperlinks of Ama Governor to relevant website publications.

    Ama Governor’s conduct is said to violate Regulation 21(c) of the Legal Profession (Professional and Post-call Law Course) Regulations, 2018 L.I. 2355.

    The said Regulation states: “A student of the school qualifies to be called to the Bar, if that student has […] (c) satisfied the Council that the student is of good character.”

    The Council, Justice Cynthia Pamela A. Addo JA said had thus decided:

    “1. To constitute a three-member Committee to investigate the complaint and advise Council accordingly.

    “2. To suspend the decision to call you [Ama Governor] to the Bar pending the outcome of the investigation.

    “I have been directed by the Chairperson of the General Legal Council to inform you of this matter and to advise you to expect to be contacted by the Committee in due course.”

    “You will be given a fair hearing on the complaint before a decision is arrived at,” Justice Cynthia Pamela A. Addo JA’s letter dated November 3, concluded.

    The Ghana School of Law is set to call over 700 students to join the Ghana Bar Association on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

    As part of the criteria, prospective students who wish to join the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) are to lead an exemplary life by maintaining a good character.

    Meanwhile, since the news broke on Wednesday, an online petition has been launched to gather signatories in a quest to obtain ‘justice’ for the Ghanaian law student and YouTuber.

    The campaign was created by Pyrex House and is addressed to the Ghana Legal Council.

  • Ghana School of Law setting out to invade students privacy – Bawah Mogtari

    Joyce Bawah Mogtari, a private legal practitioner and spokesperson of former President John Dramani Mahama, has reacted to the Ghana School of Law’s request for school media handles of its students.

    The school mandated to train legal practitioners on Wednesday, November 9, 2020, directed students to submit their social media handles for monitoring to ensure that they maintain a character befitting the legal profession.

    Yaw Oppong, Director of the School, speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of the School of Law Students’ Representative Council (SRC) executives explained that the request for social media handles will help many students willing to be called to the bar to maintain a good character.

    “Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you.

    “You are going to reapply beyond the pass and submit yourselves for all legitimate checks,” he said.

    But Madam Bawah Mogtari believes the Ghana School of Law must come again on their latest request from students.

    She wrote on her Facebook timeline, “as lawyers, we are enjoined to protect the ideals of the Constitution and demonstrably so. Instructively, the first action before the Supreme Court for the enforcement of the 1992 constitution was initiated by lawyers (Kuenyehia & Others v. Archer & Others [1992-1993] 2 GLR 525).

    “It is therefore surprising that today, and in this age and time, the institution responsible for training lawyers in our beloved country is setting out to invade the privacy of its students by interfering with a right so sacrosanct under the Constitution.”

    Bawah Mogtari continued: “I do hope that the Ghana School of Law will reconsider this decision that so egregiously violates rights protected in our Constitution.

    “The Ghana Bar Association must as a matter of urgency stand up against this. Their silence many hours after the news broke in itself is problematic. The Association cannot continue to fail in its mandate to members of the Association and the public in general.

    “What we need is the reformation of legal education in Ghana to be equitable and accord all those willing and qualified to read law the opportunity to do so.

    “We certainly do not need a backward, draconian and repressive Ghana School of Law.”

    Meanwhile, the Ghana School of Law is set to call over 700 students to join the Ghana Bar Association on Friday, November 11, 2022, at the Accra International Conference Centre.

    As part of the criteria, prospective students who wish to join the Ghana Bar Association, GBA, are to lead an exemplary life by maintaining a good character.

     

  • Social media monitoring of law students an admonition, not directive – SRC

    The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, GSL, has provided clarity on a demand by the Director of the School, for social media handles of law students.

    According to the SRC, the call by Mr. Yaw Oppong is only an admonition for students to live above reproach wherever they find themselves, including on social media, and does not constitute a directive.

    In a statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the SRC explained “the alleged statement by the Director of the Ghana School Law made[sic] at the swearing-in ceremony of the new SRC Executives was a reiteration of general caution to the student body to abide by the school’s code of conduct within and outside the school including social media platforms.”

    The statement further emphasised that while the school management seeks to ensure that majority of qualified students are called to the Bar each year by the admonition, “no such directive has been given to any student by the Management of the school.”

    Yaw Oppong, Director of the Ghana School of Law, speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of the School of Law SRC executives explained that the request for social media handles will help many students willing to be called to the bar to maintain a good character.

    “Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you.

    “You are going to reapply beyond the pass and submit yourselves for all legitimate checks,” he said.

    The request, which has since become topical, has been condemned in many circles, with some calling it an affront to the student’s constitutional right to free expression.

    Below is the statement by the SRC.

  • Ghana School of Law directs students to submit social media handles for monitoring

    The Ghana School of Law has asked its students to provide their social media handles for monitoring.

    According to the Director of the School, Yaw Oppong, this will help many students willing to be called to the bar to maintain a good character befitting the legal profession.

    “Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you.

    “You are going to reapply beyond the pass and submit yourselves for all legitimate checks,” Mr Oppong said during the swearing-in ceremony of the School of Law Students’ Representative Council (SRC) executives.

    Thus, he has charged the students to submit themselves for the character checks before the General Legal Council’s approval.

    “Once we are doing our best to ensure that as many of you as possible who want to help yourselves go beyond the stage you are, and we are succeeding, it will not compromise your good character.”

    “It’s of no use if you are qualified to go to second year, and you are told that you cannot go because of bad character,” he noted.

    Source: MyJoyOnline

  • ‘We will monitor your social media handles in terms of conduct’ – Law students told

    The Director of the Ghana School of Law, Yaw Oppong, has directed that all social media handles of students at the school be monitored for characters befitting their profession.

    This was after he directed that the students of the school submit their social media handles for monitoring, a report by myjoyonline.com said.

    Yaw Oppong explained that this will help the students use their social media handles to promote ethical characters befitting of the profession they are entering.

    “Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you.

    “You are going to reapply beyond the pass and submit yourselves for all legitimate checks,” he said.

    The Ghana School of Law director made these comments at the swearing-in ceremony of executives of the School of Law Students’ Representative Council (SRC), the report added.

    Yaw Oppong urged the students to live upright lifestyles befitting their status as legal practitioners so that the General Legal Council will not be in a position to bring their characters into question one day.

    “Once we are doing our best to ensure that as many of you as possible who want to help yourselves go beyond the stage you are, and we are succeeding, it will not compromise your good character.

    “It’s of no use if you are qualified to go to second year, and you are told that you cannot go because of bad character,” he added.

    The Ghana School of Law was established in 1958 by Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, to become a centre of excellence in Africa and the world at large for professional legal training and research.

  • Adib Saani calls out past SRC leadership of Ghana Law School for undemocratic practices

    A security analyst, Adib Saani, has called out the leadership of the outgone Students Representative Council of the Ghana School of Law for promoting what he says are undemocratic practices.

    According to him, it is disturbing that the students, who form part of the institution that is responsible for protecting the democracy of this country, would be engaged in autocratic practices.

    “It is always received with international dismay when incumbents refuse to hand over power to a newly elected following an election. It shocks me however that the very institution supposed to protect the democratic sanctity of our motherland is rather engaged in undemocratic practices,” he said in a statement made available to GhanaWeb.

    Adib Saani was reacting to news of the refusal of the outgoing administration of the school, led by Wonder Victor Kutor, to hand over to the newly-elected body.

    The outgone administration had severally been accused of corrupt practices.

    “I find it hard to understand why the past administration of the Ghana School of Law that was embroiled in corrupt practices and found guilty, is refusing to hand over to a new administration despite a successful, uncontested election,” he added.

    Adib Saani, who is the Executive Director of Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, further called on the student body of the Ghana School of Law to exhibit democratic tendencies in their dealings because it has an effect on the future of this country.

    “Students have to learn to call for accountability and to fight off any external hands meddling in its democracy. What happens on campus today is a reflection of what will happen to our country tomorrow,” he added.

  • Don’t let power corrupt you – Dr Robert Allotey Okine to Judges

    Judges in the country have been admonished to guard against being corrupted by the power they wield.

    According to the Most Reverend Dr Robert Allotey Okine, Archbishop Emeritus of the Church of Province of West Africa, judges must be guided by the aphorism “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely“ in their dispensation of justice.

    He was speaking at the special church service held last Saturday at the Cathedral Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Accra to open the new legal year which commenced yesterday.

    “As representatives of the third arm of government, you wield tremendous power, power that can determine an individual or a family’s fate in life. Power that can build or destroy,” he said.

    Quoting the late professor William Chadwick, a former professor of history at the Cambridge University, Rev Dr Okine added: “the possession of unlimited power corrupts the conscience, hardens the heart and confounds the understanding” contending that such a position ended in tyranny.

    In contrast. he entreated them to be the salt and light of their practice to stay on the right path.

    The annual service ushering in the 65th legal year was attended by judges, lawyers, traditional leaders, the clergy and other stakeholders in the justice system who gathered to seek God’s strength and guidance for the new legal year.

    Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah, Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, President of the Ghana Bar Association, Yaw Acheampong Boafo and Director at the Ghana School of law, Yaw Oppong were also accounted for.

    Speaking on the theme “Improving Legal Access to Justice in a pandemic through the use of technology” the retired Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church, indicated that technology was one of the ways God wanted mankind to solve problems and this had been made manifest by the coronavirus pandemic.

    He exhorted the judges on ten tenets to guide their practice which included admonition on not sacrificing integrity to expediency, being careful about people they associated with and being consistent in their utterances and actions.

    In a message, the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah, revealed that training in ICT and other related programmes have been planned to make the justice system more robust, dependable and acceptable.

    Prayers were also offered for departed judges and lawyers who passed on during the last legal year.

     

  • Law Examination Leakage: Students Association questions credibility of examination body

    The National Association of Law Students has called for a full-scale investigation into reported leakage of the Ghana School of Law entrance paper scheduled for Friday morning.

    The Association said the leakage, which had been confirmed by some candidates, raised questions of credibility of the Independent Examination Committee of the General Legal Council – the body supervising the examination.

    In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Asare Hassan, President of the Association, said the situation would disorganise the students and affect output.

    “It’s been confirmed by some of the candidates and the exam has been cancelled. Our sources say the exam has been rescheduled to 1330 hours but we are not sure because there has not been an official confirmation,” he told the GNA.

    The 2022 entrance examination for admission to the Professional Law Course was scheduled to take place on Friday, September 23, 2022, from 1000 hours to 1130 hours.

    However, hours before the exam was supposed to have started, copies of the said paper allegedly circulated on social media.

    The General Legal Council is yet to officially respond to the reported leakage. But unconfirmed reports indicate that the said paper had been cancelled, awaiting further direction from the Council.

    The Association of Law Students said the development vindicated its position that there was the need for reforms in the conduct and management of the entrance examination to make the process more transparent and credible.

    “We think that this exam is even not an exam, it is a selection. Because it is a human institution, they should allow for students to seek for remarking and all that. Even when they make a mistake, they will stick to what they have,” Mr Hassan said.

    “We need to put systems in place to resolve some of these issues that come up every now and then. If we need to fire where necessary, if we think people are incompetent, fire them. We need to investigate and get to the bottom of some of these issues,” he added.

    This is not the first time an examination at the Ghana School of Law has been cancelled.

    About two months ago, the Independent Examinations Body cancelled the Civil Procedure paper, which was expected to be written on, July 15, 2022.

    The examination was cancelled after a copy of the paper was widely shared on social media.

    Source: GNA

  • Exam for law school cancelled due to question paper leak

    The entrance examination for the Ghana School of Law, which was supposed to be taken by prospective students today, September 23, 2022, has been canceled.

    The exam was canceled as a result of the questions being leaked on social media hours before it was scheduled to be written.

    The four paged leaked paper had two questions the candidates expected to answer.

    The Independent Examination Committee of the General Legal Council, which oversees examinations, decided to cancel the paper after careful consideration.

    This is the second time the Committee has cancelled an examination this year.

    In July 2022, the examination body cancelled a Civil Procedure paper scheduled to be taken by students of the Ghana Law School.

    This was after the copies of the paper had been circulated on social media ahead of the time it was scheduled to be taken.

    Meanwhile, GhanaWeb is informed that the cancelled entrance examination paper is scheduled to be taken later in the day.

     

     

  • Ghana School of Law president impeached over ‘corruption’ allegations

    Wisdom Victor Kutor has been removed as the president of the Student Representative Council, SRC, of the Ghana School of Law after he was impeached.

    The embattled student leader removed after he was found guilty of financial impropriety by the SRC’s Supreme Court.

    Citi News reports that the apex court is yet to provide its full judgement in the matter.

    This is the latest leg of a running saga that dates months back. In April 2022, Kutor, denied all claims of wrongdoing levelled against him by some other executives of the student’s body regarding the purchase of a Toyota Corolla vehicle for the school.

    Other allegations also include his unilateral operation of the MobileMoney account of the organization.

    In April, he said that throughout his life in public service, he has held his integrity intact and stayed away from anything which will dent his image and that of his family.

    “I have seen leaders across the world suffer these hate attacks when you seem to be doing the right thing in the interest of your people but it is well,” he explained.

    He told GhanaWeb that the matter was in court and so he wonders why there would be a rush for him to appear before an independent investigative committee which, for him, does not have such powers under the SRC constitution.

    “As law students, we need to uphold the fundamentals of the laws and to a very large extent, the constitution. We cannot be seen to be engaging in activities which are contrary to established rule of law,” he said.

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • Ghana School of Law exams paper cancelled after suspected leak

    The body which oversees Ghana School of Law examinations, the Independent Examinations Body, has cancelled the Civil Procedure paper which was expected to be written today, July 15, 2022.

    The civil procedure exam was cancelled because the paper was suspected to have leaked hours before the time it was scheduled to be written.

    A copy of the exam paper has been widely shared on some social media platforms.

    Citi News sources indicate that there is suspicion that another paper, which was written on Thursday 14th July 2022, was also leaked in a similar fashion.

    The Independent Examinations Body came under a barrage of criticism some months ago following the failure of 499 students, who were later admitted to the Ghana School of Law.

    Source: Citinews

     

  • Account for your GH¢20,000 Ugandan trip – Ghana School of Law SRC Secretary told

    It is emerging that more and more students of the Ghana School of Law want their leaders to account for their stewardships as executives of the Students Representative Council (SRC).

    As the tenure of the current student administration comes to an end later this year, pressure has started mounting on the executives to present an account to the students.

    Information available to GhanaWeb indicates that some of the students are asking their Secretary, Safo Kwame Oheneba, to account for the expenses he made on his official trip to Uganda.

    Sources within the Ghana School of Law expressed the belief that there is no other time to demand accountability from their leaders than now when the school is in the spotlight for some financial improprieties.

    On March 14, 2022, the SRC Secretary of the Ghana School of Law, Safo Kwame Oheneba, left for Uganda on an official SRC visit and returned on March 21, 2022.

    But almost a month after his return, the students claim he has not accounted for the over GH¢20,000 of the SRC money he was given for the trip.

    “The practice is that when you go on an official trip in the name of the SRC, you are supposed to write a report and account for your trip within two weeks.

    “Almost a month after his return, a Secretary who is clothed with the duties of writing, has not accounted and we find it worrying,” a source said.

    The tenure of the current 7-man SRC executives comes to an end later in 2022, after which an audit would be carried out to pave way for the handing over to new executives who would have been elected by then.

    The current executive council of the SRC consists of a president, and three vice presidents, with each representing all three campuses of the school at Makola (Accra), GIMPA, and Kumasi.

    The rest are the secretary, organizing secretary and a treasurer.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • 499 failed law students thank Akufo-Addo, Dame

    The 499 law students have expressed their sincere gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo, and the Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame for listening to their plights and facilitating their admission process into the GSL.

    The students further extended appreciation to Parliament, the media, lawyers, non-government organisations and the members of the public who stood by them and fought for their cause.

    The students who are battling to gain admission into the Ghana School of Law (GSL) made this known to the media after they met the leadership of the General Legal Council (GLC) with their lawyer, Martin Kpebu.

    In a graphic online report sighted by GhanaWeb, lawyer Kpebu informed the media that the GLC had formally informed the students that it had decided to admit all the 499 students into the GSL.

    “What is heartwarming is that the GLC has decided to admit the 499 students, but the commencement date is what is currently being worked upon,” he said.

    He noted, the GLC gave the students an opportunity to share their views about the commencement date, and informed them that they would take their inputs into consideration when it comes out with the final decision on the commencement date.

    Lawyer Kpebu observed, the development was a positive step and expressed appreciation on behalf of his clients.

    “We express our profoundest gratitude to all the stakeholders who fought for us.

    The President, the A-G, Parliament, CSOs and the GLC, “we are very grateful that for the first time having admitted a certain number of students has subsequently agreed to admit a second group from one set of exams.”

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Heres how much law students in Ghana are allegedly paying for 2021/22 academic year

    With all the brouhaha surrounding legal education in Ghana, several calls have over the period been made for an expansion for access to legal education.

    The limited availability of space for prospective law students to study and acquire their practising license seems to have brought with it a relatively high cost of acquiring legal education.

    Data sighted by GhanaWeb indicates that law students from the various law faculties, as well as the Ghana School of Law for the 2021/2022 academic year, are paying between GHC1,608 and $9,000.

    With all the brouhaha surrounding legal education in Ghana, several calls have over the period been made for an expansion for access to legal education.

    The limited availability of space for prospective law students to study and acquire their practising license seems to have brought with it a relatively high cost of acquiring legal education.

    Data sighted by GhanaWeb indicates that law students from the various law faculties, as well as the Ghana School of Law for the 2021/2022 academic year, are paying between GHC1,608 and $9,000.

    See details of fees being paid by law students for the 2021/2022 academic year below:

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Ghana School of Law defers release of remarking results

    The fate of scores of Ghana School of Law students awaiting the results of remarking of their scripts has been left hanging in a balance after management released a circular communicating further delay in the release of their results.

    This is after the expiration of the five-week deadline for the release of the outcome of the remarking, after paying GH¢1,500 per paper.

    There has been a public backlash against the undue delay in the release of the results of the remarked papers.

    A US-based Ghanaian lawyer, Prof. Kwaku Asare recently expressed disquiet about the current situation and described the General Legal Council (GLC) as a failed monopolist.

    “The time to break up this non-performing, moribund monopolist is now!” Prof. Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar said in a recent Facebook post.

    The management of the Ghana School of Law in its circular to the student body, particularly those affected by the situation said the delay is due to circumstances beyond the control of the Independent Examination Council(IEC) and other technical challenges.

    “The results will be released as soon as the challenges are resolved, and this situation will not arise again.”

    “Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted. Kindly accept our apology,” the release concluded.

    Following the current situation, Philemon Laar, relinquished his position as SRC President of the Ghana School of Law after management withdrew its recognition of the SRC president for failing PLC Part 1 exams.

    But Laar who was forced to resign contended there were unjust reasons for his removal after an administrative fiat that withdrew recognition of his reign as SRC president.

    “The decision to resign was occasioned by the apparent deadlock between the SRC and Management of the Ghana School of Law on whether or not an administrative fiat should be the basis to withdraw recognition for me as a democratically elected executive of the SRC.”

    “I was unsuccessful in the October 2020 PLC examinations. Like several other students displeased about their results, and convinced that the examination results did not reflect their industry and performance, I applied to have my scripts remarked. Results of the said remarking are yet to be released.”

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • Suit on the monopoly of Ghana School of Law thrown out

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a suit challenging the accreditation of the Ghana School of Law as the sole educational institution to conduct the professional law programme in the country.

    The seven member panel unanimously held that some of the reliefs invoking the original jurisdiction of the SC sought by Professor Kweku Asare had not been properly invoked hence dismissed the action.

    Reasons of the seven member panel, the SC said would be filed at the Registry of the Court.

    Prof. Asare, a Fellow in Public Law and Justice at the Centre Democratic Development (CDD)-Ghana sued the Attorney General (AG) and General Legal Council (GLC) over the mode of arrangements on legal education which he believed was unconstitutional.

    Prof. Asare was praying the apex court of the land to rule that pursuant to Article 25 (2) of the Constitution, accredited public and private universities have the right, at their own expense, to establish and maintain Law Faculties to offer the Professional Law Course that prepares students for the Qualifying Certificate Examination.

    The provision says, “Every person shall have the right, at his own expense, to establish and maintain a private school or schools at all levels and of such categories and in accordance with such conditions as may be provided by law.”

    The law lecturer also wanted a declaration that the distinction between the Professional Law Course, run by the Ghana School of Law, and the Academic Law Course, run by approved Universities, is arbitrary and capricious and done only to further the monopoly power of the Ghana School of Law in violation of Articles 296 (b).

    Source: GNA