Meet Akosua Achiaa Sarpong: The 2026 star of the Call to the Bar
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Akosua also received the Best Student in Civil Procedure award, securing two honours at the ceremony, which saw 1,568 newly qualified lawyers admitted to the Ghana Bar.
For Akosua Achiaa Sarpong, the 2026 Call to the Bar ceremony was more than an occasion to formally join Ghana's legal profession. It was a celebration of academic excellence, as she walked away with two prestigious awards, including the coveted John Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize.
The former student of Notre Dame Girls Senior High School in the Bono Region emerged as the overall best-performing candidate in the Professional Law Examinations, earning the highest academic distinction presented at the ceremony.
She also claimed the Best Student in Civil Procedure award, placing her among the standout personalities at the 63rd Call to the Bar.
Sarpong's journey through legal education took her to the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), an institution that has established a remarkable record of producing top-performing candidates in Ghana's professional law examinations.
Her latest achievement extends that record, making her the 11th KNUST Law alumna or alumnus to receive the John Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize since 2011.
More significantly, her victory marks the fourth consecutive year that a graduate of the university has emerged as the overall best student, continuing a streak that began in 2023.
In 2025, another product of KNUST's Faculty of Law, Latifa Teiya Fuseini, received the same honour after emerging as the best graduating student in that year's Professional Law Examinations.
The university's success at the 2026 ceremony was not limited to Sarpong. Three of its law graduates collectively secured four awards, further highlighting the institution's strong showing in this year's professional examinations.
Sarpong was among 1,568 candidates formally admitted as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Ghana at the 63rd Call to the Bar ceremony.
The new lawyers included several familiar personalities from Ghana's political, public service and media circles, among them the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George; Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah; media personality Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku; Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor; and broadcaster Umaru Sanda.
While the ceremony marked the beginning of a new professional chapter for the entire graduating class, Sarpong's double recognition made hers one of the most notable success stories of the occasion.
With the John Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize and the Civil Procedure award to her credit, she begins her legal career having already distinguished herself among her peers.
