The Director of the Ghana School of Law, His Lordship Justice Nana Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, has advised newly admitted students to adhere to the institution’s rules and excel in their examinations to progress to the next stage.
He made these remarks during the induction ceremony for over 1, 400 newly admitted Professional Law Course students at a ceremony organised at the Accra Main Campus of the Ghana School of Law, on January 17, 2025.
The inductees were admitted to the school after passing the entrance exams which had about 5,000 students taking part
Justice Oppong emphasized that there is no discrimination regarding who can attend the school, stating that it is an institution that values exemplary behaviour.
He noted that anyone who passes the required examinations qualifies for admission.
“Everybody is complying with the rules -white and black colour, not that we are focusing on any colour. But we want to see the extent to which our students obey the rules and the laws they have to enforce. And you can see that everybody is complying and that is the joy of it.
“It’s an opportunity for them to continue to study hard and comply with all the rules. They have internships to do, other practicals to do and the study itself. By June, they will write the exams. They’re at part one, doing about seven courses. Our prayer is that they all pass at a go so that others can also enter and study. Many people who want to be lawyers should be given an opportunity legitimately. Nowhere has anybody been favoured to become a lawyer. This is one place modelled for good behaviour.”
“I teach ethics in the final year. My desire and my prayer are that the lawyers we’re training now will be ethical.
“When we’re ethical, ethical in the way we do our things, ethical in the way we act. Ethical in the way we perform our duties as citizens of this nation. Then this nation can move from one level to another. So, it’s ethics, ethics.”
Some of the inductees shared their excitement and expectations.
Citi FM/Channel One TV’s Broadcast Journalist, Umaru Sanda Amadu who was one of the inductees shared his insights, stating, “For the opportunity and the luck to write the exams at first instance and pass is exciting. God’s factor is always in there.
“Being here is not an easy task, education generally is not an easy task. But when God plans things and he keeps pushing you, nothing can stop you. He brought me this far. We all know the story of how I am the first person in my family to have gone to school, although I am the last born. I’m not boasting but I may be the first in many things in my family: First to enter school, first to have finished JHS, first to have finished secondary school, first to have finished school to become a journalist. And now, the first to have entered law school. I just pray for God’s guidance for those behind me to be motivated.”
Arise Abeiku Ansah, another inductee said, “We expect it to be exciting and challenging, we know that the profession is a rigorous one, and we hope to succumb to all the challenges posed to us and come out successfully.”
