Law Professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, is scheduled to speak at the maiden edition of a commemorative lecture by the National Association of Law Students (NALS).
The lecture is to mark one year since law students embarked on a demonstration to seek legal education reforms.
The panel discussion will also have Attorney General Sophia Akuffo, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh and Ghana Bar Association President Tony Forson as special guests.
The programme is scheduled for Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 12:30pm
The theme for the lecture is “Access to Justice & Vindicating Constitutional Rights in Ghana”.
Participants can join the programme via the Zoom app for video conference.
The General Legal Council released results showing only 128 LLB holders had qualified to study professional law courses after an examination written by 1820 in 2019.
It sparked another uproar from students and lecturers frustrated by the constant mass failures. They say the current system is outdated and needs an overhaul.
Only the Ghana School of Law is responsible for the professional training of lawyers and only the University of Ghana offered a Bachelor of Law degree program in Ghana until 2003.
There are now 17 institutions that offer LLB programmes out of which 14 are recognised and certified by the General Legal Council. This rise in LLB institutions without expanding the Ghana School of Law has created a huge backlog of students trying to enter the Ghana School of Law. A competitive entrance examination introduced in 2012 was challenged in the Supreme Court.
A new bill before Parliament wants to, among other objectives, assign quotas to the 14 LLB institutions. But it has been heavily criticised by the movement, to #OpenUpLegalEducation.
They organised a demonstration in October 2019. But it turned violent as police brutalised some protesting students.
