Ghana School of Law will not be abolished– Legal Education Director clarifies
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Speaking on Channel One TV’s “The Point of View” on Wednesday, July 30, Barima Oppong clarified that the Ghana School of Law (GSL) would remain operational even if a national bar examination system is introduced.
The Director of Legal Education at the Ghana School of Law, His Lordship Barima Nana Yaw Oppong, has assured the public that the institution will not be abolished, despite proposed reforms to Ghana’s legal education system announced by Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s “The Point of View” on Wednesday, July 30, Barima Oppong clarified that the Ghana School of Law (GSL) would remain operational even if a national bar examination system is introduced.
His comments come in response to reforms proposed by Dr. Ayine at the Government Accountability Series on July 28, 2025. The Attorney-General announced plans to decentralize professional legal training by allowing accredited universities to run a one-year Bar Practice Programme, after which students would sit for a national bar exam to qualify for legal practice.
The new model would effectively end GSL’s monopoly as the only professional law school in the country, but not its existence, according to Barima Oppong.
He also revealed that the Ghana School of Law is actively drafting its own legal education reform bill. He disclosed that a committee comprising GSL lecturers was set up about a month ago to work on the draft, which is nearly complete.
