Kwaku Ansa-Asare is a former Director of the Ghana School of Law
A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare, has cautioned aspiring lawyers against pursuing legal action to challenge the 2026 entrance examination.
His comments follow the signing of the new Legal Education Bill into law by President John Dramani Mahama on Monday, May 11, 2026.
The legislation is intended to reform legal education and professional training in Ghana.
The new law has sparked uncertainty over whether the long-debated entrance examination for admission into professional legal training has been abolished with immediate effect.
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Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Monday, May 11, 2026, Ansa-Asare dismissed the likelihood of any successful court challenge against this year’s examination.
“My suggestion is that law students should be prepared to write the entrance exam. Any law student who goes to court will lose; I can predict that. Anyone who goes to court to say that you should not be allowed to write the entrance exam, [should] show me which provision of the Constitution will sustain that kind of action,” he stated.
He further challenged prospective litigants to identify any constitutional provision that would prevent the General Legal Council (GLC) from administering the examination.
Ansa-Asare proposed a transitional arrangement to ease tensions surrounding the implementation of the new law, suggesting that the entrance examination be conducted one final time in 2026 before being fully abolished in 2027.
“Entrance exam has not been abolished under the existing dispensation. What is confusing about it? So, I think that both are taking entrenched positions, but there’s a solution midway. And the solution is that the entrance exam should be held this year so that, at least, it will take care of the budget deficit for this year. Next year it will be abolished,” he explained.
The new Legal Education Act seeks to decentralise professional legal training beyond the Makola campus of the Ghana School of Law, abolish the entrance examination system, and introduce an independent examination structure under the GLC.
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However, Ansa-Asare noted that every new law requires a clear implementation framework.
He further indicated that a government white paper is expected to provide further direction on the transition process.
He urged current law graduates and prospective students to focus on their academic preparation rather than resorting to litigation.
Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has called for a joint statement from all relevant authorities to address the growing anxiety among students ahead of the 2026 academic year.
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