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The 2021 Dowuona- Hammond Memorial Lecture which was mainly sponsored by the Executive of WOSA 90 also had in attendance, a Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice Isaac Duose.

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A Justice of the High Court, Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has emphasized the need for legal education or training to specifically target Ghana’s developmental issues to play a pivotal role in enhancing national development.

According to him, such an educational target must not only be limited to Ghana but must have a global dimension to achieve the desired result.

Furthermore, he intimated that since it is popularly said that every country gets the Judiciary it deserves, a conscious effort should be made to inculcate modern and growing areas such as cybersecurity law, intellectual law, and others, into the Law School curricula.

“From the foregoing, it must be emphasized that maybe it is time for our Legal Education or Training to specifically target our country’s peculiar issues and needs while thinking globally,” he noted.

“It is said that every country gets the Judiciary it deserves. In my respectful opinion, new growing areas of law such as Cybersecurity law, Intellectual Property law, and Health law ought to be part of the curricula in our Law Schools.

“Our IP laws for instance when well-crafted and taught will go a long way to protect the artistic and intellectual work of our creative artists whose work easily get copy-righted by others in other parts of the world in the virtual world that we live now,” he added

Speaking at the 10th Dowuona-Hammond Memorial Lecture, Justice Ackaah-Boafo also noted that the study of Health Law for instance will reduce the many lawsuits in Ghana’s Medical field because doctors and medical practitioners will be equipped with knowledge about issues of medical malpractice and negligence by future lawyers who would study same.

“The study of health law shall give future lawyers better understanding of issues of health in the medical field and give them the opportunity to educate doctors and medical practitioners about issues of medical malpractice and negligence which have lately become too many in our country resulting in many lawsuits,” he indicated.

Background

The Dowuona-Hammond Memorial Lecture is in Honour of Mr.Alfred Dowuona, former Education Minister under Dr.Nkrumah’s first Republic of Ghana.

Over the years, the lecture has engaged the alumni Association of the Winneba Secondary School to discuss and digest pertinent issues of National Concern.

This year’s Lecture was on the theme: “Legal Education and its impact on economic transformation: the role of the judiciary in national development”.

Additionally, the High Court Justice, who was the main speaker at the event, outlined some roles of the Judiciary in National development.

Firstly, The Judiciary plays a critical role in improving the legal, policy, and regulatory environment that is conducive for doing business to create wealth and employment.

Secondly, The Judiciary advocates for rights promotion to enhance accountability across the entire national spectrum.

Also, Through advocating for the rule of law, the Judiciary contributes towards the inculcation of values of honesty and hard work among the population.

Next, he mentioned that the Judiciary is also a very vital stakeholder in the preservation of peace and guaranteeing national security which are key pillars for national development.

Moreover, The independence of the Judiciary is key in promoting the confidence of the public in the Judicial system.

Additionally, he indicated the role of the Judiciary in ensuring separation of Powers and Checks and Balances to promote stability in our country and hence ensuring the necessary environment for development.

The 2021 Dowuona- Hammond Memorial Lecture which was mainly sponsored by the Executive of WOSA 90 also had in attendance, a Retired Justice of the Court of Appeal Justice Isaac Duose.