{"id":8363,"date":"2026-09-21T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylegalacademy.net\/?p=8363"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:51:38","slug":"meet-the-new-general-legal-council-the-council-for-legal-education-and-training-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylegalacademy.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/meet-the-new-general-legal-council-the-council-for-legal-education-and-training-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the New General Legal Council: The Council for Legal Education and Training Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8363\" class=\"elementor elementor-8363\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c151170 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c151170\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a12cdd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a12cdd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie to Chair 11-Member Council for Legal Education and Training Board.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: inherit;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Board brings together members of the Judiciary, government and academia to oversee key aspects of legal education and professional training in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other judicial representatives include Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang, Court of Appeal Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie and Circuit Court Judge Siran Mahama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The constitution of the Board comes amid ongoing efforts to reform the country\u2019s legal education system following the passage of the Legal Education Act, which establishes the framework for organising and regulating legal education and professional training.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie to Chair 11-Member Council for Legal Education and Training Board.\u00a0Chief 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. 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