Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie chairs 11-member Council for Legal Education and Training Board

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has been appointed Chair of the newly constituted 11-member Board of the Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET), as Ghana advances reforms in legal education and professional training.

The board brings together representatives from the judiciary, government and academia to provide oversight of legal education and professional training in the country.

Other members from the judiciary include Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie and Circuit Court Judge Siran Mahama.

Government representation on the board includes Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, and Deputy Education Minister, Dr Clement Abas Apaak. Prof Augustine Ocloo, Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), is also a member.

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 supervising legal education and professional legal training in Ghana. Its mandate includes oversight of the Ghana School of Law and related regulatory functions.

The formation of the new board comes as Ghana implements reforms in legal education following the passage of the Legal Education Act, which establishes the framework for organising and regulating legal education and professional training.