AG’s directive on 499 students not a done deal- Maurice Ampaw

Maurice Ampaw
Maurice Ampaw, Lawyer

Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw says the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame’s directive to the General Legal Council to admit the 499 law students who were denied entry into the Law School is not a done deal.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, Directed the General Legal Council to grant admission to the 499 students who were denied entry into the Ghana School of Law.

In a letter to the GLC, the Attorney General suggested that the students be admitted in November this year or in May 2022.

According to him, provision can be made for the organization of classes in a way to cater for the entire candidates of the part one course of professional law course.

The 499 students were denied admission into the GSL despite making the pass mark of 50 per cent.

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In a letter directing the GLC to grant the students admission into the GSL, the AG said: “Grant deferred admission to the 499 candidates with effect from May 22”.

“A special provision can be made for the first-year professional law course by candidates already admitted to run from October 2021 to April 2022. The 499 candidates may undertake their programme from May 2022 and ending November 2022,” he said.

The AG added that “Arrangements would have to be put in place for the two sets of candidates to undertake their pupilage and be called to the bar at a common date in the next two years.”

The 499 students were refused admission despite scoring 50 per cent of the overall mark, which is the required pass mark.

The National Association of Law Students (NALS) presented a petition to the legislature on the matter.

The petition, among other things, pleaded with parliament to intervene and ask the General Legal Council and the management of the law school to immediately reverse the decision and admit the students.

But speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw said even if the Judge in the matter directs the General Legal Council to admit the students, the school will decide if it will admit them or not.

He said there would have to be more deliberations on the matter, considering the infrastructure and or the limited facility of the school before it can admit the students.

Maurice Ampaw also expressed disappointment in the AG over the directive, saying he acted because he was being threatened by the minority in Parliament.

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