Parliament has given the green light to the Legal Education Bill, 2025, marking a significant overhaul of the country’s legal training landscape. The legislation establishes a new Council for Legal Education and Training, tasked with overseeing legal education and ensuring uniform curriculum standards across all institutions.

A central feature of the Bill is the relocation of professional legal training from the Ghana School of Law to accredited universities. Under this arrangement, a Law Practice Training Course will be rolled out by approved universities to equip candidates for the National Bar Examination.

During parliamentary debate, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga hailed the Bill as a fulfillment of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s pledge to enhance fairness, equity, and wider access to legal education.

“As has been typical of the NDC, promises made are delivered. We promised law students that if they vote for us, we will carry out reforms that will ensure equity, fairness and access to legal education,” he said

In contrast, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin criticized the government, arguing that while reforming legal education is a step forward, the NDC still has work to do in honoring other key campaign commitments.