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I don’t support calls for scrapping of Ghana Law School
The nominated Chief Justice Justice Sophia Akuffo explained that the Ghana School of Law “is a professional training facility…where the theories learnt in classrooms are supposed to be taught from a more practical point of view.”
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“I’m not one of those who subscribe to [calls that] Ghana School of Law be scrapped,” she told the Appointments Committee of Parliament Friday during her vetting.
She explained that the Ghana School of Law “is a professional training facility…where the theories learnt in classrooms are supposed to be taught from a more practical point of view.”
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She was speaking during her vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament to succeed the retired Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woode.
She also spoke on advertising by lawyers. She said that she saw it as distasteful for lawyers to advertise on social media.
“I Am a 67-year-old woman and I believe that dignity at the bar is as important as dignity at the bench…the idea of lawyers touting themselves on Facebook is distasteful and aside that the law is clear and the law is against touting. Lawyers can have websites but the law doesn’t allow for advertising on social media,” Justice Akuffo told the committee.
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Her comment follows the suspension of one of Ghana's popular Human Rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu for advertising on Facebook by the General Legal Council.
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His suspension has sparked a debate in the public and also among some lawyers who believe that the law preventing legal practitioners from advertising must reviewed.
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