The General Legal Council is the body that regulates the Legal Profession in Ghana. It was set up in 1960 by an act of parliament, The Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32). Its role was to oversee legal education and the legal profession in the country.
Members of the Council The membership of the Council includes academics, judges and legal practitioners representing legal education, training and practice. The Chief Justice of Ghana currently in office is the chairperson for the council. The council also includes the three most senior members of the Supreme Court of Ghana; the Attorney General of Ghana and his or her nominee; and the President, Vice President, and secretary of the Ghana Bar Association. Members of the General Legal Council Position Name Office Start Date Chairperson Kwasi Anin-Yeboah Chief Justice of Ghana 7 January 2020 Member Julius Ansah Supreme Court Judge Member Jones Dotse Supreme Court Judge January 2020 Member Paul Baffoe-Bonnie Supreme Court Judge Member Gloria Akuffo Attorney General of Ghana January 2017 Member Joseph Dindiok Kpemka Deputy Attorney General Member Raymond Atuguba Director, Ghana School of Law Member Anthony Forson Ghana Bar Association President September 2018 Member William Orleans Oduro Ghana Bar Association Vice President Member Peter Kornor Legal practitioner Member Justin Amenuvor Legal practitioner In attendance Position Name Office Start Date Secretary Cynthia Pamela Akotoaa Addo Judicial Secretary 2 October 2018 In attendance Kwasi Prempeh-Eck Director of Legal Education and Ghana School of Law In attendance Lydia Nkansah Dean, Faculty of Law Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology In attendance Kofi Abotsi Dean, Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration In attendance Stephen Offei Dean, Faculty of Law, Wisconsin University College In attendance Franklina Gesila Adanu Counsel, General Legal Counsel
Functions The council maintains licences lawyers to practice. It also enrolls new members to the Ghana Bar during the first week of every October. It has a Disciplinary Committee which is able to sanction and disbar legal practitioners in the country.
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