Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie to Chair 11-Member Council for Legal Education and Training Board. Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has been appointed Chair of the 11-member Board of the Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET), as Ghana continues to pursue reforms in legal education and professional training.
The Board brings together members of the Judiciary, government and academia to oversee key aspects of legal education and professional training in the country.
Other judicial representatives include Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie and Circuit Court Judge Siran Mahama.
Government representation comprises 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 representatives are 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 mandated to oversee legal education and professional legal training in Ghana. Its responsibilities include the administration of the Ghana School of Law and related regulatory functions.
The constitution of the Board comes amid ongoing efforts to reform the country’s legal education system following the passage of the Legal Education Act, which establishes the framework for organising and regulating legal education and professional training.