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Parliament has passed the Legal Education Bill, 2025, initiating significant changes to Ghana’s legal education framework.
The law creates a Council for Legal Education and Training, responsible for overseeing legal education and establishing curriculum standards among various institutions. Under the revised framework, accredited universities will take over professional legal education and training from the Ghana School of Law.
The Bill establishes a Law Practice Training Course provided by accredited universities to equip candidates for the National Bar Examination, guaranteeing that graduates fulfill national professional requirements.
Speaking in Parliament, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga stated that the approval of the Bill demonstrates the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s dedication to equity, fairness, and increased access to legal education.
“As has been typical of the NDC, promises made are delivered. We promised law students that if they vote for us, we will carry out reforms that will ensure equity, fairness and access to legal education,” Ayariga stated.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, however, criticized the government for failing to fulfill certain important campaign promises, emphasizing the necessity for greater accountability
“All of us have participated. This is not a bill that is identified with a particular party. I concede that indeed they made it a campaign promise. Mr Speaker, however, they equally promised that they were going to set up a bank for women. We are done with year one, year two, we have not seen the Women Bank,” he stated.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
