Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah says the General Legal Council has over the last few years been working closely with the National Accreditation Board to ensure that the various law faculties at institutions of higher learning which provide the Ghana School of Law with students meet the required standards that will make their professional training more effective.
According to the Chief Justice, the General Legal Council has also taken steps to publish for the first time, the outcome of the joint monitoring exercise that is undertaken from time to time, to enable all interested individuals and stakeholders to observe the broader issues confronting legal education in Ghana.
His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah disclosed this at the launch of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Kumasi Campus of the Ghana School of Law, in Kumasi.
The Chief Justice noted that the General Legal Council is currently preoccupied with developing measures that are aimed at improving the capacities of various institutions running Bachelors of Law Degree, LL.B Programme and restructuring the operations of the Independent Examination Committee to enable it to discharge its mandate more efficiently.
His Lordship Justice Anin Yeboah indicated that the Legal Council will also ensure the full implementation of its legal authority to enroll only students who obtain their Bachelors of Law Degree certificates from universities approved by the Council.
He said all institutions offering the LLB Programme will undergo a rigorous screening process before they are approved
A former President of the Ghana Bar Association, Paul Adu Gyamfi who was the Guest speaker, discounted the notion of glut in the legal profession, saying that, there is the need for more lawyers to be trained.
