Lawyer and lecturer, Thaddeus Sory, has questioned the credibility of Ghana’s legal education system, alleging that some individuals are being called to the Bar without meeting the Ghana School of Law’s academic and attendance requirements.

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on October 20, 2025, Sory said he finds it puzzling that certain people manage to qualify as lawyers despite their demanding schedules, which make it impossible for them to meet the school’s strict attendance policies.

“You suddenly hear that somebody has been called to the Bar, and you are wondering at what point in time that person went through the law school. By no miracle could the person have attended the school regularly. Yet, they are called to the Bar you see the person there,” he stated.

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He criticised the existing system that admits students through entrance exams and interviews conducted by the Ghana School of Law, describing it as opaque and prone to favoritisms.

To address the problem, Sory proposed the introduction of a single national bar examination to determine who qualifies to practise law in Ghana.

“The law school could still train lawyers, but rather than take people from various universities and say they should write an entrance exam and come for an interview, let them all write one exam. Let there be an overall body to assess which of them is a lawyer. That’s a bar exam,” he indicated.

He added that such a unified process would ensure transparency and eliminate perceptions of bias in the call-to-Bar system.

“At the end of the day, you have to write a national bar exam so that it will allow some transparency,” he noted.

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Sory dismissed concerns that the proposed reform would undermine the powers of the General Legal Council (GLC), arguing that the Council already has extensive duties to oversee the profession.

“The GLC has a lot of things to do. They should focus on that and leave the school education,” he said.

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