A Supreme Court nominee, Justice Sophia Essah has stated that one cannot simultaneously be a lawyer and a judge based on the Constitution of Ghana. According to her, the roles of a judge and a lawyer are distinct, and once a person enters one of these professions, they cannot practice the other. "You cannot be in this country as a lawyer and at the same time, a judge. Because the work of a lawyer is different from a judge. I cannot go and be an advocate, have clients, or represent anyone in court. That is the work of a lawyer. "And so once I became a judge, I could no longer be a lawyer even though I have legal professional knowledge and background," she said during her vetting on Tuesday, August 13.