Law students sue Attorney General, GLC over entrance exams

Some law students who sat for the July 2019 Ghana School of Law entrance exam have sued the General Legal Council and the Attorney General.

The students who filed the suit at an Accra High Court are among other things seeking an order that the undertaking they signed ahead of the exams is null and void.

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The students complained that prior to the exams they were compelled to sign an undertaking that they will accept the results without seeking review.

“The applicants state that, the undertaking imposed by the General Legal Council on candidates including the applicants, is arbitrary, unreasonable and without legal basis. The applicants state further that the General Legal Council has failed to provide sufficient clarity that gives dissatisfied candidates the opportunity to seek a review of the examination results.”

They are among other things seeking a declaration that “the failure, refusal or neglect of the General Legal Council to publish a procedure for remarking the examination papers of the applicants is arbitrary, unlawful, null void, and of no effect.”

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They are also seeking an order directed at the General Legal Council to provide sufficient clarity that gives dissatisfied candidates the opportunity “to seek a review or remark of their examination results.”

“An order directed at the General Legal Council to publish the procedure for remarking the examination papers of the applicants within seven days.”

Source: www.dailygraphic.com