I accept consistently captivated the Ghana Bar Affiliation (GBA) in aerial esteem, fatigued to the profession abundantly by the aggressiveness and candor of its accomplished leaders who endlessly formed to access babyminding and policy. However, my acquaintance over the accomplished four years has larboard me acutely anxious about the accepted aisle of our association
Concerns Over Bar Appointment Fees and Administration Response This year, the abrupt access in fees for the bar appointment has sparked cogent agitation amid adolescent associates of the bar, myself included. While I cannot allege for the added acclimatized lawyers, the adolescent demographic has bidding ample dissatisfaction, activity that the affiliation now aims to abolish rather than empower us
A contempo alternation with the GBA admiral via a Zoom affair alone caked my concerns. The dismissive attitude of our President appear accepted grievances about the appointment fees was disheartening. When questioned about exploring another allotment through sponsorships to allay banking burdens on adolescent lawyers, the acknowledgment was dismissively pragmatic, advertence no proactive measures had been taken to appoint with abeyant sponsors. This is decidedly arresting accustomed my acknowledged acquaintance in breeding advocacy as SRC President at the Ghana School of Law
Call for Inclusive Representation and Action Many adolescent lawyers, including myself, feel underrepresented in controlling processes. A abode for a built-in alteration has been submitted to acquiesce adolescent attorneys a bench at the controlling table above the adumbrative of the Adolescent Attorneys Forum. It is acute that this is acted aloft to ensure our choir are heard and considered. There charcoal no cogent 21st aeon acumen why a adolescent apostle cannot accomplish the duties of a position like agent secretary or treasurer. These are accidental examples
The affect amid abounding of my aeon is aptitude appear a avoid of the conference, absorption a broader depression with the cachet quo. While I do not apostle for a break from the GBA, I accept in reforming from aural to abode these systemic issues
Looking Forward It's about time we acute our focus on convalescent altitude for adolescent lawyers, adopting amenable leadership, and eradicating the ability of blowing that has no abode in our profession
As we access the accessible conference, it is acute that those accessory and voting abide acute adjoin apparent promises. The time for acquiescent accepting of subpar administration has passed. We are a new bearing of lawyers, acquisitive to advocate the address of our profession and not achieve for actuality bald "event organizers." In conclusion, I appetite the chief administration to accede these credibility seriously. The approaching accord of adolescent attorneys in the GBA could actual able-bodied depend on the accomplishments taken in acknowledgment to these acute issues
Sincerely, Jonathan A. Alua