Coveted John Mensah Sarbah Prize: 7 KNUST Law alumni have won since 2012
The award, which is given yearly to the most outstanding fresh lawyer coming out of the Ghana School of Law, is named after John Mensah Sarbah, a prominent lawyer and political leader in the Gold Coast.
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Seven(7) alumni of the Law Faculty of the KNUST in Kumasi have won the John Mensah Sarbah Prize since 2012.
The award, which is given yearly to the most outstanding fresh lawyer coming out of the Ghana School of Law, is named after John Mensah Sarbah, a prominent lawyer and political leader in the Gold Coast.
At this year’s Call to the Bar held on October 20, 2023, an alumnus of the faculty, Ebenezer Addai Osei won the coveted prize.
Also in 2021, Adomako Samuel Pinaman (Esq), also a product of the KNUST law faculty, won the prize.
Several of its alumni have also received the coveted Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize. They are ; Linda Mensah, Hagar Addo, Belinda Nade Aidoo, Grace Esi Sackey, and Emmanuel Kyei-John who won the award in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
Additionally, KNUST Law School products have excelled in other subject areas in the law school and have won other awards presented to outstanding students at the annual event. Some of the categories are cataloged below:
2009
Francisca Kusi Appiah, Best Student in Criminal Procedure
Samuel Boahen Adu, Best Student in Company Law
Rev.Thomas Amponsah Donkor, Best Student in Legal Accountancy
2010
Diana Asonaba Dapaa, Best Student in Company Law
Ebenezer Adjei Bediako, the Best Student in the Law of Taxation
Ellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku, Best Student in Conveyancing and Drafting
Racheal Adamu-Amantu, Best Student in Civil Procedure
Winnie Amoatey Best Student in Insurance Law
Naa Addey Ashong, Best Student in Banking Law and Practice
Antwi Osei Wusu, Best Student in Family Law and Practice
Richard Agyapong Boateng, Best Student in Alternative Dispute Resolution
2011
Candy Amoako Arhin, the Best Student in Criminal Procedure
Florence Mensah, Best Student in the Law of Evidence
Bobby Benson-Best Student in the Law of Taxation
Augustine Beliksuun Kidisif, Best Student in Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes, Advocacy and Legal Ethics
2012
Emmanuel Abu Bonsrah Osei, Best Student in Civil Procedure
Francis Asamoah, Best Student in Company Law
Sedinam Amo Balokah, Best Student in the Law of Evidence
William Kofi Owusu, Best Student in Legal Accountancy
Akwesi Arhin, Best Student in Industrial Law
Joe Slovo Tia: Best Student in the Law of Taxation
Delali Adzro Agboada, Best Student in Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes
Bakhita Fortune Fenuku, Best Student in Alternative Dispute Resolution
2013
Hagar Addo, John Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize, Best Student in Company Law
Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua Adonteng, Best Student in Criminal Procedure, Advocacy and Legal Ethics
Solomon Frimpong Amoateng, Best Student in Company Law
Emmanuel Kwabena Arthur, Best Student in Conveyancing and Drafting
2014
Belinda Nade Aidoo-Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize, Best Student in Civil procedure
Dorcas Nyarko Dwomoh, Best Student in Criminal Procedure and Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes
Dennis Okyere Boamah, Best Student in the Law of Evidence
Emmanuel Hammond, Best Student in Legal Accountancy
Paul Amankwah Oppong, Best Student in Banking Law and Practice
Rose Asamoah, Best Student in Conveyancing and Drafting
Jane Afua Oforiwaa Addo-Best Student in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Edmund Nelson Amasah, Best Student in Industrial Law
2015
Grace Esi Sackey-Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize, Company Law, Family Law and Practice and the Law of Taxation
Bright Kyei-Mensah Sarpong, Best Student in Civil Procedure
Daniel Korang, the Best Student in the Law of Evidence
Amina Ali Issaka: Best Student in Conveyancing and Drafting, Insurance Law
Aliata Saeed, Best Student in Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes
Esther Koomson, Best Student in Alternative Dispute Resolution
2016
Emmanuel Kyei-John Mensah Sarbah Memorail Prize
Ustarz Jibreel Sa-adu, Best Student in Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes, Family Law and Practice, and Legal Accountancy
Priscilla Tara Buckman, Best Student in Civil Procedure
Dorothy Edna Akortsu, Best Student in Conveyance and Drafting
Priscilla Sarfoa Okrah, Best Student in Advocacy and Legal Ethics
Josephine A.Fosuaa Appiah, Best Student in Legislative Drafting
Monica Naa Sarku Nettey, Best Student in Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence
Effie Opong-Fosu, Best Student in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Background
In April 2003, the Council of KNUST approved a 4-year LLB program, and the first cohort of LLB students were admitted into the Faculty of Law in August 2003.
The Pioneer Faculty that started the newly approved 4-year LLB program were Rev. Prof. E H Ofori-Amankwah, Professor Oswald Senedza, Dr Renee Morhe, Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, Dr. Anane, George Sarpong, Michael Alokore, JC Tarchie, Kwame Anyimadu Antwi, Albert Amankwah, and Mr. Addai.
The Faculty, which started at the Great Hall of the University with just a few students and a handful of lecturers and administrative staff, has grown to become a real leader in excellence and innovation.
Over its 18 years of existence, the Faculty has trained very eminent lawyers, jurists, and legal academics, in addition to its enviable feats in legal education in Ghana and the Diaspora.
