Justice Yaw Oppong bids farewell as Ghana School of Law Director, exits on August 31
By Richard Osei Boateng
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In a message to students on Tuesday, August 12, Justice Oppong thanked God for “love, guidance, and protection” during his three-year tenure.
Justice Nana Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, Director of Legal Education and head of the Ghana School of Law, has announced he will step down on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
In a message to students on Tuesday, August 12, Justice Oppong thanked God for “love, guidance, and protection” during his three-year tenure. He noted that while he had hoped to complete his full term and oversee the upcoming Call to the Bar ceremony, “sadly that was not to be.”
To Part II students, he expressed the hope that all would be called to the Bar in October. He also encouraged Part I students to work hard toward advancing in their studies.
Justice Oppong urged students to give “even greater respect, cooperation, and support” to his successor and the school’s management, closing with a blessing for their success.
Barima Oppong assumed office on April 1, 2022, following his appointment in early March, per the retirement of former director, Mr. Kwasi Prempeh-Eck.
As a former senior lecturer of the school, Mr. Oppong is also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana and a Barrister-at-Law with over 22 years of experience in practice.
He has invaluable experience and expertise in Energy and Natural Resource Law and has enormous experience in Banking and Finance Law and practices having worked as a lawyer for various banking and financial institutions in Ghana.
It is worth noting that Barima Oppong is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, and is currently the Managing Partner of Ampofo, Oppong, and Associates, a firm of Lawyers, in Accra, Ghana.
He was recently installed Mawerehene of Akyem Abuakwa, one of the sub-chiefs of the Akyem Abuakwa Paramountcy.
Yaw Oppong is also a prolific writer and author of several articles and a book, including his most recent book, Contemporary Trends in the Law of Immovable Property in Ghana, and an online published article titled Domesticating Dispute Resolution Arising from Petroleum Agreements in Ghana.
He has for several years been a regular resource person contributing to topical discussions on a myriad of legal issues and is a well-known personality on various media platforms in Ghana.
He obtained a first degree in Law at the University of Ghana and successfully qualified as a Barrister-At-Law from the Ghana School of Law, Makola – Accra, Ghana.
Yaw Oppong also holds a Master’s Degree in Oil and Gas Law (LLM) from the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon.
His current choice of career as a professional lawyer, lecturer, chief, and a farmer has put him in a position of being exposed at a practical level to the ongoing interaction between traditional customary law and practices on the one hand, and the demands of modern technological, infrastructural and industrial development on the other.
