With the passage of the Legal Education Bill of 2025 by the Parliament, the way is now clear for major changes to the nation’s legal education system.
The Bill establishes a Council for Legal Education and Training that will be in charge of overseeing legal education and establishing curriculum standards for all schools.
A crucial component of the legislation is the transfer of the professional legal education and training curriculum from the Ghana School of Law to reputable universities.
In order to get qualified applicants ready for a National Bar Examination, the new structure will see the introduction of a Law Practice Training Course that will be offered by authorized institutions.
The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, told Parliament that the bill’s passage advances the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s pledge to advance equity, fairness, and better access to legal education in Ghana.
“As has been typical of the NDC, commitments made are fulfilled. We pledged law students that if they vote for us, we will implement reforms that will guarantee fairness, equity, and access to legal education,” he stated.
But Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin criticized the NDC government, claiming that it had broken some of its main election promises. He asserted that in addition to reforming legal education, the government must also show commitment to other crucial pledges made to Ghanaians.
“We’ve all taken part. This bill does not belong to any one political party. I admit that they did, in fact, promise it during the campaign. Nonetheless, they also made a promise to establish a bank for women, Mr. Speaker. Year one and two are over, and we haven’t seen the Women Bank,” he stated.
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