US
Affirmative action: US Supreme Court overturns race-based college admissions
The US Supreme Court has ruled that race can no longer be considered as a factor in university admissions.
BBC News, Washington
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HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom, judge rules
Employers are required to cover certain preventive services and medications in their insurance plans under US law.
BBC
Africa
Kenyan lawyer, Former Justice Minister Martha Karua denied entry into Uganda
The Uganda Law Society said Karua was stopped at the airport and ordered to return to Kenya.
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General
Singapore empowers police to freeze bank accounts in suspected scam cases
Taking effect on Tuesday, the Protection from Scams Act gives authorities sweeping powers to intervene in financial activities without the account holder’s consent, even if the individual insists they are not being deceived.
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Business
Book on Notaries Public Practice in Ghana launched
Titled Notaries Public Practice in Ghana: The Law, Cases, and Materials, the book is authored by legal practitioner and researcher Daniel Yaw Abaidoo. It represents the first comprehensive exploration of notarial practice in the Ghanaian le...
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Courts
Ghana's Judiciary Reforms: Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Become Family Courts in May
Ghana's judicial system has announced the rebranding of its Divorce & Matrimonial Courts to Family Courts effective May 6, 2024, aiming to encompass a broader range of family law matters including adoption and child maintenance.
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Courts
Ensure that facilities, air, seacraft are accessible to disabled people- Court tells GCAA, Port Authorities
"Disabled people have a lot to contribute to society but in many cases are unable to because infrastructure and policy that would enable them to contribute more fully to society do not exist," the court noted
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General
Rate of HIV high among LGBTQI+
A retired Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, touching on the spiritual/ theological implications of the practice, said no one had an authority over morality except God.
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Election Petition
Is the Electoral Commission's Chairperson a mandatory witness for the Electoral Commission?
This question has arisen in the light of the Respondents’ decision to close their respective cases after the Petitioner has closed its case. The question has therefore been asked whether the first Respondent ought to have opened its case. I...
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General
Ace Anan Ankomah writes: Every year, the lawyers come out, and so does the nonsense!
Relax. Even if everybody becomes a lawyer, somebody must still be available to obey the law.
Ace Anan Ankomah
General
Affirmative Action law must be enforced to deliver true gender equality – Minkah-Premo
According to her, the Act sets clear benchmarks, including a requirement that women occupy at least 30 percent of governance and decision-making roles by 2026, a target she cautioned must not be treated lightly.
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General
Ashanti Region has highest number of MMDA’s operating without by-laws
The report found that 26 out of the 43 MMDAs in the Region operate without by-laws, the highest among the 16 regions surveyed.
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Africa
South Africa:President signs land seizure law
Despite the end of apartheid over three decades ago, the vast majority of farmland remains in the hands of the white minority, with Black citizens still owning only a small portion.
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Africa
Nobody will move us over anti-gay law - Museveni
Mr. Museveni insisted the signing of the law was a done deal, defying calls to have it repealed
BBC
Tech
How ChatGPT challenges current intellectual property laws
New AI technologies may infringe on others’ copyrights by being deemed infringing derivatives of a copyrighted source they used to generate their output.
LAW.COM
General
Kissi Agyebeng sworn-in as Special Prosecutor
Mr Agyebeng becomes the second person to occupy the office of Special Prosecutor after Mr Martin Amidu who resigned in November 2020 amidst controversy.
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General
Ghana School of Law, Columbia Law complete maiden National Security Law program
The five-day programme, hosted at Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene Hall in New York City, comprised eight faculty-led sessions focused on national security legal frameworks, strategic decision-making, emerging threats, global policy deve...
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General
GIMPA Law Dean courts PCA partnership in the Hague
As part of the mission, Dr Agyeman-Budu joined senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice to pay a courtesy call on Marcin Czepelak, Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
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Tech
How GPT-4 mastered the entire bar exam, and why that matters
Researchers tested GPT-4 on all three portions of the bar exam, and its final score would put it in the 90th percentile of human test-takers—and above the average for actual test-takers of the most recently administered bar exam.
LAW.COM
General
What makes a good lawyer? – Ntrakwah(Esq) counsels potential practitioners
“You are all aware that the number of lawyers called each year to the Bar is on the ascendancy so this means that as lawyers, or potential lawyers, you must set yourselves apart.”
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