General
AG reveals 163 prison inmates are currently on death row
Clause 2 of the Constitution (Amendment) (Entrenched Provisions) Bill provides for the abolition of the death penalty.
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Results for "Preparing for Law School; A Practical Guide"
3934 results.
General
Hon Xavier Sosu petitions Speaker to probe mass failure in 2021 law school entrance exams
A statement released by the National Association of Law Students indicated that the Ghana School of Law had projected to only admit 550 students in page 186 of the 2021 budget statement.
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General
Failing Law Entrance exams does not make you a bad student-Ghana School Law SRC President
“Let us discuss this properly, Students graduated in July and they sat for exams in August. Was the preparation enough? This is not to defend the General Legal Council but I want us to have a holistic discussion on this matter as a nation g...
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General
The Law Office Morgue: Why Are Lawyers Paying to Store Dead Files?
Law firms in Ghana often store old client files indefinitely, incurring unnecessary costs. This article explores the financial, compliance, and operational challenges of file storage and provides strategic solutions, including charging stor...
Dennis Adjei Dwomoh Esq.
Opinion
“Agent For Plaintiff”: A Fatal Misnomer; Why Ghanaian Lawyers Are Unwittingly Forfeiting Their Protections Through the Misdescription of Counsel in Ghanaian Civil Procedure: An Analysis of the Doctrine of Solicitor-Solicitor Agency vs. Lawyer-Client Reality
The article argues that endorsing a writ with “Agent for Plaintiff” wrongly treats the lawyer-client relationship as an agency relationship, whereas Order 2 rule 5(1)(b) of C.I. 47 concerns one lawyer acting as agent for another lawyer. It...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam and Kwadwo Owusu-Ansah
General
Establish legal clinics in Ghanaian law schools – Prof. Frimpong Oppong
Additionally, he asked that regulatory barriers against the establishment and operation of such clinics should be removed.
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General
UG School of Law tops Ghana, West Africa in latest THE ranking
THE’s results, released on 21 January 2026, list the University of Ghana in the 251–300 global band for Law, making it the only Ghanaian law school to appear in the latest subject table.
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General
Four GIMPA Law final year students, Two alumni receive scholarships to U.S. universities
The alumni — Grace Frederica Lutterodt and Joshua Wiafe Frimpong — will continue their studies at Fordham University School of Law in New York.
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General
Enhancing Ghana’s ADR Framework: Aligning Arbitration with International Best Practices
This article focuses primarily on arbitration, examines the alignment of the Arbitration section of Ghana’s ADR Act with international standards and explores potential reforms to enhance Ghana’s arbitration landscape, making it more efficie...
Prince Kojo Tabiri ACIArb & Godwin Selasi Owusu ACIArb
General
12,226 lawyers enrolled to the Ghana Bar since 1963
At the 1963 enrolment ceremony, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah challenged the new lawyers to see the profession as national service, not merely a route to wealth or influence.
Richard Osei Boateng
General
2021 Top 5 law firms in Ghana with the highest number of lawyers
there is little surprise that lawyers create partnerships between and among themselves to allow them practice this dignified profession.
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General
Justice Tanko Amadu urges judges to protect judicial independence
Justice Tanko Amadu, who also serves as Director of the Judicial Training Institute, said these principles were constitutional safeguards for citizens and should never be viewed as personal privileges for members of the bench.
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General
Legal Education: Post-colonial structures cannot serve our needs today-President Akufo-Addo
The four-day conference organized by the University of Ghana Faculty of Law on the theme; The Future of Legal Education also saw the Launch of the University of Ghana School of Law Endowment Fund.
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General
Ghana School of Law will not be abolished– Legal Education Director clarifies
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.
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Africa
Nigerian Law School’s Data Processing Officer, 2 others dismissed over exam malpractices
The actions of the three staff contravened various regulations governing the code of conduct for staff members of the law school.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Supreme Court News
Maxwell Opoku Agyemang not qualified for recommendation, nomination as Justice of Court of Appeal: A-Plus, Brogya Genfi to SC
The plaintiffs aver in their suits that Mr. Maxwell Opoku Agyemang, who is a senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law, per findings made against him, renders him unqualified to be appointed as a Justice of the Court of Appeal
DLN
General
Law School stand-off: Minority files motion seeking to remove Attorney-General
“The mode of exercising legislative power enshrined in article 106 of the Constitution does not admit of the resolution,”
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General
Ghana School of Law SRC in possession of 2021 Law School Entrance exam scores: Expected to hold Press Conference
On September 28, 2021, the Independent Examination Committee of the Ghana School Of Law released a list of 790 representing 28% out of the total 2,824 who are deemed to have passed the 2021 GSL Entrance Exams.
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General
AG secures scholarship for Ghanaian lawyers
Georgetown is ranked among the top universities in the United States and admission is highly selective
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Crime
School Feeding Programme: Bono East NIB seizes smuggled rice, arrest driver
The truck with registration number AS 9584-14 was alleged to be smuggling 56 bags of 50 kilogramme ‘Lucy branded Rice’ to be supplied to Jema Senior High School in the Kintampo South District and Kintampo Senior High School in the Kintampo...
GNA