The General Legal Council (GLC) will be consulted, according to the management of Presbyterian University in Ghana, to resolve concerns over the de-recognition of its law faculty.
In a statement released on May 11, 2023, the university stated that it had taken note of a public notice that the GLC had published in the Daily Graphic on its decision to de-recognize the university's law faculty.
According to a statement released by the university's acting registrar, John Adarkwa, "The management of the university wishes to reassure the students and lecturers of the Faculty of Law as well as the general public that the Presbyterian University, Ghana, is engaging the GLC to address all the issues raised."
by the GLC to enhance Ghana's legal education.
The statement continued, "As a Presbyterian institution of higher learning that places a priority on better standards in education, it is our intention to work assiduously with the GLC to enhance the standards at the university's Law Faculty.
the dedication to legal education
The institution made it clear that it will do its part to advance legal scholarship and practice both nationally and internationally.
According to the statement, the university will build on the accomplishments of the first group of graduates from its law faculty who passed the Ghana School of Law admission test.
According to the announcement, 64 percent of graduates who completed their LL.B. programs in 2021 passed the admission exam.
The GLC announced in a public notice that appeared in the Daily Graphic on May 10, 2023, that it had immediately revoked recognition of the law faculties at three private universities, including the Presbyterian University of Ghana's Kumasi campus, Wisconsin International University College's Kumasi campus, and Greenfield College's Sunyani campus.
According to the notice, the decision was made in accordance with Section 4 of the Legal Profession Act, 1960, Act 32, which was added by the Legal Profession Act (Amendment) (No. 2) decree, 1967 (NLCD 213) s.1 (a) and states that "With effect from the first day of January 1971, a person shall not be qualified for enrolment under any provision of the Act unless he is a holder of a degree from a university approved by the Commission.
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