Also known as: GLC
Regulatory body being dissolved under Ghana's Legal Education Act 2026 and replaced by the Council for Legal Education and Training.
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Joy Online
… The Act separates legal education and training from the broader regulatory responsibilities traditionally exercised under the General Legal Council structure (section 89 defines the General Legal Council as that established under the old Act 32). …
The Rebirth of legal education in Ghana: Understanding the Legal education Act, 2026 (Act 1170)Joy Online
… He also raised concerns over possible ambiguities in defining what constitutes a law programme, as well as potential overlaps between the General Legal Council and institutions responsible for legal education regulation. …
GIMPA law lecturer welcomes legal education reforms but calls for broader changesJoy Online
… The legislation, which seeks to reform the colonial-era structures of legal training in Ghana, has sparked a heated debate between students, the General Legal Council (GLC), and policymakers over whether the controversial entrance exam has been immediately scrapped. …
‘Any law student who goes to court over entrance exam will lose’ – Kwaku Ansa-AsareJoy Online
… Speaking at a post-signing press conference on Tuesday, Dr Ayine announced that the first major step would be the dissolution of the General Legal Council and the establishment of a new Council for Legal Education and Training to oversee legal education in the country. …
AG announces immediate implementation of legal education reforms after Presidential assentThe Majority Chief Whip and Ghana Law Society President Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor criticised the Ghana Bar Association for responding to concerns from law firms over lawyer availability during Chief Justice proceedings, arguing that law firms are not GBA members and the association has no basis to respond to their petitions.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Majority Chief Whip and Ghana Law Society President Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor criticised the Ghana Bar Association for responding to concerns from law firms over lawyer availability during Chief Justice proceedings, arguing that law firms are not GBA members and the association has no basis to respond to their petitions.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The BriefCase, powered by Auris, is a generative AI tool designed to help Ghanaian law firms and legal teams search through institutional knowledge stored in case files, emails, and partner expertise. Auris uses natural language processing to answer legal research questions in seconds while citing specific cases or documents, addressing key pain points of legal research, compliance, and client experience.
27 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin has endorsed the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies' application to become one of five universities accredited to run Ghana's new Bar Practice Programme for law graduates, following passage of the Legal Education Reform Act 2026 which ended the Ghana School of Law's monopoly over professional legal training.
7 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
The General Legal Council has approved UBIDS School of Law as one of 19 schools to run the one-year pre-bar course, enabling LLB graduates from UBIDS and other accredited law schools to prepare for admission into Professional Law Courses and the national bar examinations.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The University of Business and Integrated Development Studies held its second law graduation ceremony and a special graduation for the School of Graduate Studies. Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and other political, legal, and community leaders attended, with Bagbin pledging major health and education interventions.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170) and interim policy directives represent Ghana's most significant legal education reform since 1960, addressing a longstanding debate among legal educators, practitioners, and judges about the boundary between substantive legal education and professional legal training and who should deliver each.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An analysis in The Chronicle examines the legal and governance implications of interim policy directives issued by the Ghana School of Law on 12 June 2026, which were issued to address a regulatory vacuum created by the new Legal Education Act, 2026, pending the constitution of the Council for Legal Education and Training.
19 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Vincent Ekow Assafuah, MP for Old Tafo, has raised concerns that Ghana's new legal education framework could indirectly reintroduce entrance examinations Parliament sought to abolish, as the interim directives allow institutions to set their own admission criteria for the Pre-Bar Course.
14 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) have agreed on a unified accreditation system for Law programmes requiring a single application pathway, joint inspection, and unified evaluation matrix. Under the framework, GTEC will oversee institutional quality assurance while CLET addresses curriculum and professional training standards, with neither body able to grant full accreditation without the other's approval.
3 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana's Legal Education Act 2026 established the Council for Legal Education and Training to regulate legal training standards, decoupling some functions from the General Legal Council. Under Section 45 of the Act, individual law institutions now set their own minimum admission standards through entrance examinations or other assessments, subject to council oversight.
16 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana has enacted the Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170), replacing a framework established in 1960 that no longer suited the expanded legal education landscape. The new act aims to balance access, quality, professional competence, institutional accountability, and national development as law programmes have grown across public and private universities.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A GIMPA senior law lecturer has welcomed Ghana's newly passed Legal Education Reform Bill, 2025, as a significant step that will ease barriers for law graduates seeking admission to professional training, but argues the reforms should have extended to paralegals, support staff, pupilage, and post-professional training structures. He cautioned that implementation will determine the success of the new framework and flagged concerns about ambiguities in defining law programmes and potential overlaps in regulatory responsibilities.
14 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Kwaku Ansa-Asare, a former Director of the Ghana School of Law, has warned aspiring lawyers against challenging the legality of the 2026 entrance examinations in court, stating that any student who does so will lose. His warning comes amid confusion over whether the Legal Education Bill signed into law by President Mahama has immediately scrapped the controversial entrance exam.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Attorney General Dominic Ayine says the government will immediately implement Ghana's new legal education reforms following President Mahama's assent to the Legal Education Bill 2026. The reforms include dissolving the General Legal Council and establishing a new Council for Legal Education and Training to regulate and accredit institutions offering the Law Practice Course, aiming to widen access to professional legal training.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →