The Director of the Ghana School of Law, His Lordship Barima Nana Yaw Oppong, has affirmed that the institution is not opposed to the Attorney General’s proposal to decentralise professional legal education in the country.
Speaking during a meeting with the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee on Thursday, July 31, Justice Oppong expressed confidence in the School’s ability to maintain its reputation and standards even in a competitive legal education environment.
His comments follow an announcement by Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine of plans to introduce legislation in Parliament that would allow universities offering LLB programmes to also provide professional legal training, effectively ending the Ghana School of Law’s monopoly.
“Competition is healthy,” Justice Oppong said. “We’ve operated as a tested and trusted institution for over 60 years. We have the best lecturers, the best staff, and a well-managed facility. Ultimately, people will choose quality.”
He further appealed to the Committee for support in securing a formal legal statute to establish the Ghana School of Law as an autonomous institution, noting that the school currently operates without its own founding law.
“We’re calling for our own establishing act,” he stressed. “Let Parliament give us that foundation, and then let’s open the floor to competition. Once there’s a league table, we’ll see who produces the best students—and I predict, no one will surpass us.”
