Lawyer Yaw Oppong assumes office as Director of Legal Education
He was appointed earlier on in March 2022, following the retirement of former director, Mr. Kwasi Prempeh-Eck.
Private legal practitioner Yaw Oppong, assumes office as Director of Legal Education and the Director of the Ghana School of Law (GSL), today April 1, 2022.
He was appointed earlier on in March 2022, following the retirement of former director, Mr. Kwasi Prempeh-Eck.
His appointment is further in line with the Legal Professions Act, 1960, which mandates the General Legal Council, to appoint a Director of Legal Education of GSL.
As former senior lecturer of the school, Mr. Oppong was also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana and a is Barrister- at-Law with over 22 years of experience as a practising lawyer.
He has invaluable experience and expertise in Energy and Natural Resource Law. He also has enormous experience in Banking and Finance law and practices having worked as a lawyer for a number of banking and financial institutions in Ghana.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London. He is currently the Managing Partner of Ampofo, Oppong and Associates, a firm of Lawyers, in Accra, Ghana. He has lectured at a number of Universities in Ghana, including Central University.
He was recently installed Mawerehene of Akyem Abuakwa, one of the sub-chiefs of the Akyem Abuakwa Paramountcy.
Yaw Oppong is also a prolific writer and author of a number of articles and a book, including his most recent book, Contemporary Trends in the Law of Immovable Property in Ghana, and an online published article titled Domesticating Dispute Resolution Arising from Petroleum Agreements in Ghana.
He has for several years been a regular resource person contributing to topical discussions on a myriad of legal issues and is a well-known personality on various media platforms in Ghana.
He obtained a first degree in Law at the University of Ghana and successfully qualified as a Barrister-At-Law from the Ghana School of Law, Makola – Accra, Ghana.
Yaw Oppong also holds a Master’s Degree in Oil and Gas Law (LLM) from the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon.
