Former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa Asare, has recounted some challenges he faced in his efforts to improve access to legal education in the country.
One of the challenges arose from the establishment of a law school in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.
He shared these experiences during an interview on PM Express: Personality Profile.
For him, the goal was to democratize access to legal education and ensure it was not limited to a privileged few.
"When I dared to establish the law school in Kumasi, they gave me names. They were calling me all sorts of names. And people were saying I want to suck up to the government, the powers that be. They said I was going to dilute legal education as if it had been predetermined that one could only become a lawyer by attending the law faculty in Legon," he expressed on the show aired on Friday, June 2, 2023.
He believed it was necessary to challenge this notion, especially considering the significant population growth since the inception of the law faculty.
However, his efforts were met with sistance from various quarters that aimed to restrict the legal fraternity to a select few and solely to the University of Ghana.
Nevertheless, he persisted. "Within three years, I had laid the foundation for a law faculty at KNUST, UCC in Cape Coast, and UDS in Tamale," he told JoyNews.
Kwaku Ansa-Asare was at the helm of the Ghana School of Law from 2002 to 2013.
All through the period, the legal practitioner admits that he had made enemies for pursuing various positive causes.
But he said, "I don't habour any grudge against anybody grudge against anybody."
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