An attempt by some law graduates to stop the General Legal Council from administering entrance examination and interview before admitting qualified students into the Ghana School of Law has failed. The group, who are LLB graduates, had gone to the Human Rights Court in Accra seeking an injunction to stop the examination on Friday, July … Read more
A Human Rights division of the High Court has dismissed an application seeking to stop the General Legal Council from organizing entrance exams and interviews for potential law students seeking enrollment into the Ghana School of Law. A group of law graduates calling themselves the Concerned LLB Graduates had gone to the court to seek … Read more
The leaders of the aggrieved LLB graduates who have filed for an injunction to stop the upcoming entrance exams into the Ghana Law School, have alleged that they have received anonymous calls threatening them to back down on their course. The group filed for an injunction on the entrance exams scheduled for this Friday, July 14, … Read more
A group calling itself the Concerned LLB Graduates, has run to court to seek an interlocutory injunction to stop the upcoming entrance examination and interview session for potential students seeking enrollment into the Ghana Law School. The General Legal Council (GLC) has vowed to organize the exams on July 14, 2017, and continue with the … Read more
The General Legal Council is bent on organizing the upcoming entrance exams for potential students to the Ghana Law School despite a petition to them to scrap the exams. A group of law degree holders calling themselves Concerned LLB Graduates earlier petitioned the General Legal Council to facilitate automatic admissions into the Law School by … Read more
Ghana law school admission process: Per Supreme Court’s ruling, LLB holders will no longer have to write entry examinations as well as pass an interview before they are admitted to pursue their professional careers in law Information have been rife that the Ghana Supreme Court has debarred the General Legal Council from making examinations and … Read more
The proliferation of law schools without adherence to requisite standards is a threat to legal education and the country’s democracy, the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has said. “Some of these schools essentially do not have full-time faculties, are lacking in library facilities and simply do not have the wherewithal to run … Read more
The proliferation of law schools without adherence to requisite standards is a threat to legal education and the country’s democracy, the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, has said. “Some of these schools essentially do not have full-time faculties, are lacking in library facilities and simply do not have the wherewithal to run … Read more
Deputy Minister-designate of Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has stressed the need to increase access to legal training in the country. He said admission to the Ghana School of Law for LLB holders to pursue the professional law course had become a problem because of the limited space. Mr Dame made the statement … Read more
Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Deputy Minister-Designate of Justice and Attorney-General, has stressed the need to increase access to legal training in the country. He said admission to the Ghana School of Law for LLB holders to pursue the professional law course had become a problem because of the limited space. Mr Dame made the … Read more
A private legal practitioner and traditional ruler, Nana Asante Bediatuo has called for the scrapping of the Ghana School of Law. According to him the protective posture existing lawyers have taken to try and protect their market share by limiting the number of students who go through the Ghana school of law is wrong and … Read more
Prof Kwaku Asare explains why Akufo-Addo has no law degree By Prof. Kwaku Asare What Joseph Kwesi Armah Agyekum sent me: “Can someone be a lawyer without attending law school?” Me: The short answer is yes. But let me state that the question itself is not properly formulated. This is because there are no universally … Read more