#2022 Budget: GSL expects to admit 800 students, call 700 to the Bar-Finance Minister November 17, 2021 590

In 2022, the Ghana School of Law is expected to admit 800 students and call 700 students to the Bar.

The Law School however expects to conduct entrance examinations for 2,500 applicants out of which the above-stated number will be admitted.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta when he presented the 2022 Budget statement to Parliament today.

“In 2022, the Ghana School of Law expects to conduct entrance examinations for 2,500 applicants and anticipates to admit 800 students into the Ghana School of Law while 700 students are expected to be called to the Bar,” he noted.

Furthermore, Mr. Ofori-Atta revealed that the General Legal Council is expected to handle 180 disciplinary proceedings against lawyers in 2022.

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This year, the Law School conducted an entrance examination for 2,824 applicants for admissions into the Ghana School of Law out of which a total of 790 students passed and gained admission.

The Finance Minister also stated in his budget statement that the General Legal Council (Ghana School of Law) enrolled 312 lawyers to the Bar.

Moreover, the Council received 98 complaints against lawyers out of which 83 disciplinary cases were disposed of.

The 2022 Economic statement is on the theme: Building a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Nation: Fiscal Consolidation and Job Creation.