13 May 2026

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Thank you very much. Um, this morning His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana has signed into law the legal education bill 2026.

[00:00:12]Um, as he himself said, this is a much anticipated reform bill or reform law that is supposed to radically reform legal education to create equality of opportunity for persons aspiring to be lawyers in this country.

[00:00:28]Um, as a result of the fact that presidential assent has been given to the law, we are now ready for implementation.

[00:00:36]Um, immediate implementation will start with the establishment of the Council for Legal Education, which is the body that will oversee legal education in the country. We'll also start the process of accreditation of the law schools that will be running the law practice course for those who have LLBs and desire to write the bar exam.

[00:00:59]All of that will start this year.

[00:01:01]I'll be making budgetary provision for the implementation in the 2027 budget to be announced by the I mean the finance minister in November this year.