Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw says a ruling by the Supreme Court to scrap the examination and interview process before admission of students to the Ghana Law School will only have negative impact on the current student body.
According to him, the move will bring burden on the Ghana Law School hence must find a way to expand facility.
‘I don’t agree with the SC ruling in that already some of the students who come there have little or no idea some of the subjects and so allowing them to write entrance exams will be the best but scarping interview and exams process before admission will worsen the case.
“When it happens, trust me, the overcrowding alone will force teachers to even teach law courses in the kiosk because it will bring burden on the school” he said on Accra based Neat FM.
Lawyer Maurice Ampaw’s comment is in reaction to a ruling by the Supreme Court (SC) to scrap the examination and interview process before admission of students to the Ghana Law School.
The SC ruled on Thursday June 22 that it was unconstitutional for the General Legal Council to ask applicants to the Ghana Law School to write an entrance examination and subsequently be interviewed prior to admission.
The court said the current mode of admission is in violation of Legislative Instrument 1296.
A United States-based Ghanaian lawyer, Professor Kwaku Asare, initiated the suit in 2015, challenging the mode of admission used by the Ghana School of Law.
But lawyer Ampaw believes that scrapping of the entrance examination and the interview affect the quality of the school.
He advised the Court to take a second look at the ruling in order not to churn out half baked lawyers in the country.
Listen to the lawyer