General News of Friday, 3 April 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe newly-passed Legal Education Reform Bill, 2025, has triggered one of the most important policy debates in the country’s legal and academic space in decades. This GhanaWeb article examines key Ghanaian public figures who have influenced the debates and what their positions reveal about the future of legal education in the country. Speaking during parliamentary debates recently, he termed the reform as a fulfillment of a political promise to democratise legal education. 'No Makola', National Bar Exams and More: What the Legal Education Bill 2025 bringsCritics of the bill point to provisions that create a new Council for Legal Education and Training with significant powers and places the Attorney-General in a central role, raising fears of executive influence. Reform with consequencesThe Legal Education Bill 2025 is widely acknowledged as historic.
Source: GhanaWeb April 03, 2026 18:26 UTC