Ghana School of Law

5°33′20″N 0°11′47″W / 5.555608°N 0.196327°W / 5.555608; -0.196327

Ghana School of Law
AbbreviationGSL
Formation1958
TypeLaw School
PurposeTrain lawyers
Location
Official language
English
Director
Yaw Oppong Esq.[1]
Websitewww.gslaw.edu.gh/index.php

The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only institution responsible for training for law graduates in the Professional Law Course (PLC) program and the Post-Call Law Course.[2]

The PLC is designed for law graduates who have obtained an LLB degree and have passed the entrance examination. The Post-Call Law Course on the other hand is designed for Ghanaians or non-Ghanaians who have qualified in common law jurisdictions outside Ghana, which operate a legal system analogous to Ghana. On completion of either courses, the graduate is qualified to practice law in Ghana.[3] Prior to the establishment of the Ghana School of Law in 1958, all lawyers in Ghana were trained abroad, almost always at the Inns of Court in England.[4]

By convention, all lawyers admitted to practice in Ghana become automatic members of the Ghana Bar Association.[5]

  1. ^ https://citinewsroom.com/2022/03/yaw-oppong-appointed-director-of-ghana-school-of-law/ last accessed on 24th October 2022
  2. ^ "PROGRAMMES". GHANA SCHOOL OF LAW. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. ^ "Programmes - Overview". Ghana School of Law. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  4. ^ "TRAINING OF GHANAIAN LAWYERS". Ghana Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
  5. ^ David Andreas Hesse, Hesse & Hesse. "Ghana: Ethics and practicalities". Practical Law Company. Retrieved 2011-09-26.

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