Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, a judge on the Supreme Court, has advised the General Legal Council against decreasing the requirements for admission to the Ghana School of Law.
The Supreme Court Judge believes that it is essential for those looking to study law to adhere to the standards set by the field.
Speaking at a dinner for those eligible to be admitted to the bar, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie emphasized the importance of maintaining the legal profession's high standards in order to improve the delivery of justice in the nation.
This year, if they pass, we will let them in; if they fail, they won't be allowed in. We won't reduce our standards to let anyone in who has applied. You must abide by the rules because the law is the law, said Justice Baffoe-Bonnie.
He made these remarks after the Ghana School of Law's qualifying final examination, administered in July by the Independent Examination Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC), saw more than 80% of students pass (GSL).
The GLC is the major organization in charge of regulating legal education in Ghana, according to the general position of Ghanaian law.
According to Citi News' examination of the outcomes, 81% of the more than 800 Part Two Professional Law Course candidates who began and finished their professional law course on different GSL campuses passed.
However, 18% of test takers failed at least one or more of the examinations that were written in July 2022.
In contrast, a lower percentage of successful applicants—more than 60%—belonged to the post-call law class, which includes people who have been admitted to the bar in other common law countries like the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Nigeria, and The Gambia.
A third of post-call applicants failed at least one paper, excluding them from consideration for the Ghana Bar this year.
On November 11, 2022, 850 total applicants from the Ghana School of Law will be eligible to be considered for admission to the Ghana Bar, providing they have also satisfied all other conditions.