The General Legal Council (GLC) has with immediate effect withdrawn its recognition of faculties of law of three private universities. The affected universities are; Presbyterian University College (Kumasi Campus), Wisconsin International University College (Kumasi Campus) and Greenfield College (Sunyani). The notice was published in the Daily Graphic on Wednesday, May 10. While the reason for […]
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Red flags over ‘undisclosed’ professional law course admission exam pass mark
Varied public opinion and discussions have greeted the decision by the Independent Examinations Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC) not to disclose the pass mark for this year’s entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law (GSL), and also for the candidates to sign an undertaking not to challenge the results. Critics including […]
lleged $5m CJ bribe: Ogyeedom’s lawyer drags GLC to Court
The General Legal Council has been sued by the lawyer at the Centre of the alleged $5m bribe involving the Chief Justice. Kwasi Afrifa is asking the High Court to set aside the proceedings of the GLC’s Disciplinary Committee meeting held on July 15,2021. He contends the said meeting was wrongful, illegal and contrary to […]
Lawyer Afrifa faces 9 professional misconducts
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC) has preferred no less than nine professional misconducts against Kumasi-based Lawyer Kwasi Afrifa, who is being accused by a former client of his to have allegedly collected money in order to influence a case pending before the Supreme Court. Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI of Gomoa […]
Ken Kuranchie sues General Legal Council over mass exams failures
Editor of the Daily Searchlight newspaper, Mr Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie has filed two lawsuits against the General Legal Council (GLC), the body in charge of legal education in Ghana, over recent mass failures at Ghana School of Law. He filed the two suits simultaneously at the Supreme Court, as well as the Human Rights Division […]