Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Majority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for South Dayi, has provided an implementation timeframe for Ghana’s new legal education reforms following the passage of the Legal Education Reform Bill, 2025.
In an interview with Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Wednesday, May 13, Mr. Dafeamekpor stated that the establishment of the new legal education council and the appointment of key individuals to start the certification process for schools interested in teaching law students are proceeding swiftly.
He stated, “We are looking at having the council quickly established, having the director general appointed quickly as well as the registrar because the core function of this council will be administered by these two statutory officers.”
He claims that the Director-General and Registrar will be in charge of accepting accreditation applications from colleges requesting permission to conduct legal programs.
“These officers are mandated to receive the accreditation applications from the universities that are interested in training the law students,” he stated.
“Once they set up then implementation can be fully blown,” he said.
Mr. Dafeamekpor clarified that the reforms will take full effect as soon as the council is fully established.
“We expect that things will be done quickly so that by July the provisional licences that captured under section 26 of the law will be issued for the institutions to begin to roll out admission programmes in August and by September the new academic year can begin,” he added.
He also revealed that colleges looking to start admissions are anticipated to receive provisional licenses under Section 26 of the statute by July.
Source: newsthemegh.com