Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has been appointed Chair of the new 11-member Board of the Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET), as Ghana moves ahead with reforms to legal education and professional training.
The board brings together senior judges, government officials and academics who will provide oversight of legal education and professional training, including the Ghana School of Law.
Serving with the Chief Justice on the board are Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie and Circuit Court Judge Siran Mahama.
Government representation includes Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, Deputy Education Minister Dr Clement Abas Apaak and Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof Augustine Ocloo.
The academic community is represented by Prof Kofi Abotsi, Dean of the UPSA Law School; Prof Peter Atudiwe Atupare, Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law; Prof Cynthia Forson, Deputy Provost of Lancaster University; and Prof Raymond Atuguba, Director-General for Legal Education.
CLET is responsible for overseeing legal education and professional legal training in Ghana, including the administration of the Ghana School of Law and related regulatory functions.
The constitution of the new board follows the passage of the Legal Education Act, which provides the framework for the organisation and regulation of legal education and professional training in Ghana.
The board is expected to provide oversight as the reforms seek to strengthen the structures governing legal education and professional training in the country.
