Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced sweeping reforms to Ghana’s legal education system, including the abolition of the current Ghana School of Law admissions model.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series in Accra on Monday, July 28, 2025, Dr. Ayine revealed that a new Legal Education Bill, expected to go before Cabinet in August, will introduce a national bar examination as a replacement.
Under the proposed changes, all LLB graduates from accredited institutions will undertake a one-year Bar Practice Programme within their respective universities. After the programme, they will write a centralised national bar exam to qualify as lawyers.
“The bill will abolish the Ghana School of Law system,” Dr. Ayine said.
“Universities will be empowered to offer practical legal training, and students will take a national bar exam, similar to the approach used by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.”
The Attorney-General stressed that the reforms are designed to decentralise legal education, widen access, and eliminate bottlenecks that have prevented many qualified graduates from joining the legal profession.
“For too long, the current system has been one of exclusion. We are moving toward a system of inclusion, where merit, not limited slots, determines your path to the Bar,” he emphasised.
Dr. Ayine added that the final draft of the bill was submitted to his deputy, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, on Sunday, July 27, for review ahead of its official presentation to Cabinet.
Source: AdomOnline
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