The 499 law students who could not gain admission into the Ghana School of Law for allegedly failing the entrance exams have been inducted into the school.
The case of the students gained national attention and re-ignited calls for an overhaul of Ghana’s legal education system.
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The Attorney General in a subsequent opinion to the General Legal Council advised that they be admitted.
This was after a series of student agitations and stakeholder meetings which all culminated in a commitment by the General Legal Council to admit the students in January this year.
The 499 Bachelor of Laws holders now forms the 2nd intake of students for the 2021/22 academic year.
The first intake of 790 students was inducted in January 2022.
Parliament by resolution last year directed the Ghana School of Law to admit all 499 students who passed the recent entrance examination but have been denied admission.
“The General Legal Council is directed to proceed and admit all the students who passed the entrance examination in accordance with the advertised rules of the examination,” the House directed.
The House, which was presided over by the First Deputy Speaker, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, also directed the Attorney-General and the Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, to ensure that the resolution passed by the House is implemented.
“As for the Attorney-General, we can always call him here to answer; he is actually the minister responsible under the General Legal Council Act for ensuring that the proper thing is done,” Mr Osei-Owusu said.