Following President John Dramani Mahama’s signing of the Legal Education Reform Bill (2025) into law, a total of 19 accredited law faculties in Ghana have been accredited to lead the nation’s legal education transition.
These 19 universities have been granted permission to run both the standard Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and the newly introduced pre-bar programs.
Prof. Raymond Atuguba, the Director of the Ghana School of Law, in a statement, wrote, “These Interim Policy Directives are intended to ensure an orderly and effective transition to the new legal education regime, especially for students graduating with an LLB this year, while simultaneously addressing the long-standing backlog of LLB graduates in Ghana.I will appreciate the immediate dissemination of these directives to your various stakeholders, including students; alumni; university, faculty, and departmental authorities; and continuous monitoring of compliance.
According to the statement, “admissions shall be determined by the respective institutions in accordance with their internal academic rules, admission policies, capacity considerations, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Backlog students admitted under this arrangement will undertake the balance of required foundational theoretical courses before progressing to take the practical requirements of the LPT Programme, in accordance with the new legal education framework. The courses are the same as those listed above for students graduating with an LLB this year.”
See the 19 schools below:
Accra Metropolitan University, School of Law
Ashesi University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Central University, Faculty of Law
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Faculty of Law
Greenfield College, Faculty of Law
KAAF University College, Faculty of Law
Kings University College, Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Faculty of Law
Lancaster University, Faculty of Law
Mountcrest University, Faculty of Law
Pentecost University, Faculty of Law
Presbyterian University, Faculty of Law
University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), Faculty of Law
University of Cape Coast, Faculty of Law
University for Development Studies (UDS), Faculty of Law
University of Ghana, School of Law
University of Professional Studies (UPSA), School of Law
Wisconsin International University College, Ghana, Faculty of Law
Zenith University College, Ghana, Faculty of Law
It will be recalled that John Mahama’s signing of the bill ended the Ghana School of Law’s 66-year monopoly, opening the door for more accredited universities to offer professional law programmes.
President Mahama, signing the bill into law on Monday, stated, “Regulate legal education and ensure the highest standards in terms of legal education, but also to open up a space for more opportunities for legal education in Ghana,” he said.
“This particular act has been one that many aspiring lawyers have been looking up to. So it’ll be fine.”
Since 1958, the Ghana School of Law has been the sole institution authorised to run the professional law course required for admission to the Ghana Bar.
With the new legislation, universities that meet accreditation requirements will now be eligible to run professional legal training programmes.
The reform is expected to ease admission pressure, expand opportunities for law graduates, and improve training quality, while ensuring strict regulation and consistent standards are maintained across all institutions through strengthened oversight nationwide.
See the post below:
There are currently about 19 schools and faculties of law in Ghana.
— Seth Doe Esq (@seth_doe22) June 13, 2026
If each institution trains 150 law students in each year (which is below the average btw), there will be 2,850 law graduates produced each year. Automatic LPT = 2,850 lawyers each year. Minimum. pic.twitter.com/CtyyTMyuNU
