News:
March 1, 2018
Chairman of the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation, Mahama Ayariga has revealed that government is in the process of introducing two new bills that would reform legal education in the country.
According to the Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation, government has taken a “far reaching decision” which will address concerns raised about the General Legal Council (GLC) Legislative Instrument (LI) currently before the committee.
Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak and Alexander Afenyo-Markin are spearheading gathering of signatures from legislators, to throw away the GLC’s LI. Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation said they would need 2/3rd majority to carry out that action.
As the Committee lays its report on Wednesday, the GLC has reached an agreement to eliminate the interview session as an admission requirement at the Ghana Law School.
Since 2012, admission to the Law School was determined through entrance examination and interview sessions but the Supreme Court in 2017 ruled that it was illegal as the two are not in the Professional Law Course Regulations of 1984 (LI 1296) that regulates law education in Ghana. The Supreme Court therefore directed the GLC to take steps to legalise the process.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com