Standard of legal training declining – CJ

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AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

The Chief Justice of Ghana is very unpatriotic for blocking the decentralization of Legal Education. Her stubborn stance has led to many Ghanaians not knowing their rights as enshrined in our law books and, for that reason, a ...
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The Chief Justice of Ghana is very unpatriotic for blocking the decentralization of Legal Education. Her stubborn stance has led to many Ghanaians not knowing their rights as enshrined in our law books and, for that reason, a lot of foreign entities have fleeced Ghanaians and many of our compatriots are unaware of it.
I am one person who, through my single efforts, has been able to protect many Ghanaians from being cheated by the Telcos through short codes 1733 and 1303. Any Ghanaian who receives messages from these short codes has automatically been short-changed. It happened to me on some few occasions and when I protested and asked for a refund, I was able to get GHC7.55 back - to my surprise. Imagine some 5million subscribers of that telco being deducted this amount monthly. You can now see how the Telcos are making cheap money and repatriating it back to their countries all because majority of Ghanaians don't know law. Later when I checked those behind this dubious deal I was told the company's name is MTech and almost all the directors are from Eastern Nigeria. Initially when I started the fight, NCA personnel did everything to frustrate me but because I had sound knowledge in Global Corporate and Business Law, I was able to trap them after which they had no option than to divulge sensitive information to me. How was I able to acquire the knowledge to salvage Ghanaians? It is because I got the chance to subscribe to a programme by distance learning, at the comfort of my home, even though I had to part ways with some few British Pounds. You see, if the British have made it possible for me to acquire such a wonderful legal knowledge, what prevents our Legal Council from putting measures in place to decentralize Legal Training? My people, I am currently battling a foreign bank in Ghana which is also fleecing their unsuspecting clienteles. I know I am going to win without a lawyer because I have a superior legal knowledge - thanks to the Queen of England who has made this possible.
Well, critics of the decentralized system have argued in favour of quality and my question is; after practicing the current centralized system for decades what have we achieved apart from high court judges taking bribes.
Afetor. 8 years ago

When I was in secondary school, the British constitution was taught in Ghana. Civics was taught in elementary schools. Both exposed you to your rights. Ordinary people do not have to go to law school to know their rights. ...
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When I was in secondary school, the British constitution was taught in Ghana. Civics was taught in elementary schools. Both exposed you to your rights. Ordinary people do not have to go to law school to know their rights. If that was the case there would be no land litigation in Ghana.
AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

Why are Ghana being cheated in their own country without knowing their left from right. This short codes I am talking about has been used to fleece many Ghanaians including lawyers and professors but they did not know how to ...
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Why are Ghana being cheated in their own country without knowing their left from right. This short codes I am talking about has been used to fleece many Ghanaians including lawyers and professors but they did not know how to go about it. Even in the case about the bank, it happened to a Circuit Court Judge but she was helpless. So you see, when many Ghanaians receive legal education it will educate the offenders and offendees alike.
Shine Your Eyes 8 years ago

It's all traceable to protocol admission of students and who you know

It's all traceable to protocol admission of students and who you know
Nkrumah 8 years ago

If people like Amaliba and Ayariga are lawyers trained in Ghana, then you should understand why the Ghana Law School has been churning out mediocre lawyers.

If people like Amaliba and Ayariga are lawyers trained in Ghana, then you should understand why the Ghana Law School has been churning out mediocre lawyers.
Defence Counsel. 8 years ago

Analyse the logic.Judges complain about poor quality lawyers. Good lawyers make good judges.So if the judges are good then the lawyers are good. IF THE LAWYERS. ARE NOT GOOD THEN THE JUDGES ARE NOT GOOD. BOTH JUDGES AND LAWYE ...
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Analyse the logic.Judges complain about poor quality lawyers. Good lawyers make good judges.So if the judges are good then the lawyers are good. IF THE LAWYERS. ARE NOT GOOD THEN THE JUDGES ARE NOT GOOD. BOTH JUDGES AND LAWYERS CHURNED FROM THE GHANA LAW SCHOOL
AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

A town, as important as Navrongo, has no law firm. Navrongo is a municipality, has a basilica, home to the biggest irrigation dam in West Africa, the citadel of education in northern Ghana and has two members on the current S ...
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A town, as important as Navrongo, has no law firm. Navrongo is a municipality, has a basilica, home to the biggest irrigation dam in West Africa, the citadel of education in northern Ghana and has two members on the current Supreme Court Bench. This explains why the training of lawyers in Ghana must be decentralized because the current mode of training only causes shortage of law professionals, promotes elitism and is the major cause of rural urban migration. After law school, in mostly the big cities, almost all the law graduates decide to stay in such cities and refuse to come to their localities. This has created great shortage of law professionals at the local levels thereby causing unnecessary pressure on Legal Aid personnel at the regional level. This deficiency has also motivated corporate entities to cheat citizens of such localities because, they know even if anything at all, one cannot easily access legal services to seek redress. I don’t know whether the current Chief Justice is aware of the situation on the ground or she has vowed to suppress the rural folks at all cost.
This is the reason why Nana should bring modernity to the training of Law Professionals by appointing a Chief Justice, after the expiration of Georgina Wood’s term, who will decentralize the training of lawyers. We must also be able to have a lot of Engineers, Accountants, Technicians, Agriculturists, nurses, medical doctors, scientists, etc, all enrolling to be lawyers. This is what will enrich our law profession. The current state of affairs only seek to promote the arts and humanities over the rest. No wonder the current dispensation of justice in Ghana is a pale shadow of itself.
Afetor. 8 years ago

Any Ghanaian can choose where he/she wants to work. The constitution does not mandate people to return to their villages to work.

Any Ghanaian can choose where he/she wants to work. The constitution does not mandate people to return to their villages to work.
AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

Development must be evenly spread and that is what makes an economy robust and strong. When it is one-sided as it is in Ghana today, the whole system becomes weak and any little shock sends the whole country tumbling in a cat ...
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Development must be evenly spread and that is what makes an economy robust and strong. When it is one-sided as it is in Ghana today, the whole system becomes weak and any little shock sends the whole country tumbling in a cataclysmic mode. If you study The Fall of France in World War II you will realize that the French army was as strong as the German army but because the strength of the French army was not evenly distributed across board, when the Germans attacked, France could not offer any counter attack from the flanks and so allowed the Germans to walk through France within 48 hours.This is why it is not good to concentrate development in Accra and expect the rest of the country to follow up. Law schools must be decentralized in the regions and if some of these lawyers trained in the regions leave to Accra and Kumasi, some patriotic ones will still be left in the regions.
Ato 8 years ago

Free SHS is coming

Free SHS is coming

Abe 8 years ago

Shoddy lawyer training school is the problem. Ghana needs to have a standard to be adhered to by all stakeholders.

Shoddy lawyer training school is the problem. Ghana needs to have a standard to be adhered to by all stakeholders.
Defence Counsel. 8 years ago

introduce th socratic method in law school teaching

introduce th socratic method in law school teaching
Ephraim Fuks 8 years ago

The poor quality of Ghanese legal training is well known and has been written about over the years. But whining is not the recipe to improve the situation. It may well serve to publish articles and fill conference progra ...
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The poor quality of Ghanese legal training is well known and has been written about over the years. But whining is not the recipe to improve the situation. It may well serve to publish articles and fill conference programs. However, simply investing in the better instruction is a much cheaper and more effective means for raining the level of legal expertise and performance.

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