In a public address on Monday, 29 July, Ghana’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mr. Dominic Ayine, announced plans to expand access to legal education through sweeping reforms aimed at helping thousands of LLB holders who are unable to enter the Ghana School of Law (GSL) and qualify as lawyers.

Ghana’s current legal education system requires all Bachelor of Laws (LLB) holders across law faculties to take an independent entrance examination conducted by the General Legal Council for admissions into the Ghana School of law. Following the entrance exam, all students must undergo a two-year training period during law school, then must pass a bar examination before they can practice law.

The reform aims to improve the training of lawyers while reducing the number of years r

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