A Lecturer at the GIMPA Faculty of Law, Clara Kassa Tee has called for a liberalization of legal education in the country.
The backlog of students either trying to get into the Ghana School of Law or to pass the Bar exam has led to heightened public concern over the process.
Chairman of Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Ben Abdallah, had earlier described the situation as a national security concern.
Madam Kassar Tee who was speaking at a Stakeholder Engagement on the Legal Professions Amendments Bill organized by CDD-Ghana joined calls by other respected lawyers and organizations to demand a change in the system to allow faculties fully train students to sit only for the Bar exam.
“Just liberalise it. As for the details and the framework for the exams, that is now subject for us to sit down and work properly. There should also be a bar exam. We will work out the details and the modalities. Where it is fair for students, we provide them with the opportunity and all the facilities for them to pass.”
There have been calls for an overhaul of the legal education system to address these concerns.
The handling of examinations in the school has also been a point of contention.
Agitations from the Students Representative Council of the School prompted the setting up of a Committee by the General Legal Council to probe mass exams failure at the Ghana School of Law and also oversee reforms.
The committee has made a call for input from the public as it carries out its mandate.
