The National Association of Law Students has rejected a suggestion from the Attorney-General that a special entrance examination be conducted for the 499 students who were denied admission to the Ghana School of Law.

President of the Association, Asare Hassan, speaking on JoyNews Prime on Thursday, questioned why they would have to write an exam they had already passed.

Mr. Hassan added that the candidates are not ready to sit for the proposed examination as they are not in the ‘right frame of mind,’ having suffered ‘psychological trauma.’

“The third option is not welcoming and it’s not something we are looking to get,” he told host, Ernest Manu.

The President of NALS further stated that the Association is anticipating a response from the General Legal Council on the suggestions made by the Attorney-General.

“We should wait for the feedback from the GLC which will come in a couple of days then we can look at the issue. The third will make it look like we failed, but we know we did not fail,” he said.

Earlier this week, the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, directed the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students who had earlier been denied admission to the Ghana School of Law.

His directive follows two letters from President Akufo-Addo, requesting that he [Mr Dame] makes “the necessary intervention to the General Legal Council, on behalf of the 499 students, to address the issue and advise that the students be admitted into the Ghana School of Law.”

According to the Attorney-General, after careful examination of the petitions, he observed that despite the GLC not advertising any pass mark or threshold before the exams, it was widely assumed the 50% general pass mark applied in 2020 would apply this year.

In the letter, he proffered three alternative solutions from which the Council could choose.

The first option demands that the GLC grants the 499 students deferred admission into the Ghana School of Law with effect from May 2022.

The second option requires the GLC to grant the 499 students immediate admission effective November 2021.

The final option is for the GLC to conduct a special examination in November 2021 to allow the 499 students to justify their admission into the Law School for the 2021/22 academic year.