UG Chancellor calls for urgent review of legal education regime

The Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Mary Chinery-Hesse has called for a review of the legal education regime in the country.

She explained the need to take another look at the legal professions act (Act 32) to reflect the demands of the modern world.

“The world we live in has changed exponentially since the legal professions act was passed 62 years ago and there is an urgent need for its revision to reflect these changes and make the training of lawyers in Ghana more relevant and in tune with the world we live in today.”

“I would like to reiterate the need to balance the training of the large number of lawyers that are needed in the country with the quality of education offered, as well as the provision of human and material resources of the institutions that train our lawyers,” she said at a graduation ceremony of the school of law.

Critics of the legal education regime have in the past called for reforms to improve access to the School of Law.

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