Be global citizens and local champions - Prof. Forson to Lawyers
This according to her makes it imperative for Lawyers to have the ability to operate in different jurisdictions and with people from different cultures.
A Deputy Provost at the Lancaster University, Ghana, Prof.Cynthia Forson has charged Ghanaian Lawyers especially to be global citizens as well as local champions.
This according to her makes it imperative for Lawyers to have the ability to operate in different jurisdictions and with people from different cultures.
Furthermore, she notes that the legal Profession must impart comparative analysis of international laws and those of other countries.
‘’As such, lawyers today must have the ability to operate in different jurisdictions and with people from different cultures. In other words; be Global citizens as well as Local champions.”
‘’The Legal Education must therefore impart comparative analysis of International Laws and draw analysis with laws from other countries so that students can make substantiated decisions,’’ she noted.
Speaking at Day 3 of the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN GHANA/AFRICA on the topic; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING METHODOLOGIES, she bemoaned the fact that the Nature of the core Law Curriculum has adapted very little to technology irrespective of the transformations and specialization in elective models in some Law Firms in Ghana and Africa in general.
She, therefore, advised the General Legal Council and creators of undergraduate Law Curriculum to craft them from the perspective of the needs of Graduating lawyers.
Moreover, she disapproved of the content-based approach and the Traditional Law Curricula arguing that it does not adequately prepare graduates with the requisite skills they need.
“Content-based approach or traditional Law Curriculum does not adequately prepare graduates with the skills necessary to succeed and evolve as reflective practitioners,” she indicated.
