The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on the General Legal Council to seriously consider the reintroduction of the qualifying certificate in law examination for admission into the Ghana School of Law. He said this will help clear the increasing backlog of qualified applicants seeking to enter the school, who are unfortunately rejected for lack of space. Otumfuo was speaking at the commissioning of the Kumasi Campus of the Ghana Law School at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He stressed the circumstances that necessitated the qualifying certificate in law still existed, adding that authorities should undertake the necessary review to overhaul the system. According to Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is also Chancellor of KNUST, the dream of many people to acquire legal education has been thwarted due to limited facilities. He called on corporate Ghana to support and promote legal education to ensure Ghanaians have access to law. In 2003, the KNUST Council approved a four-year LLB programme at the College of Art and Social Sciences, as part of the university’s transformation. This notwithstanding, many graduates of the Faculty who wish to acquire a professional certificate in law at the Ghana Law School have faced admission challenges. The quota system introduced for admission of students from other institutions has not addressed the problem. Otumfuo Osei Tutu is hopeful careful analysis and review of the qualifying certificate examination will go a long way in training more lawyers in the country. 66 students who have been admitted will pursue a two-year programme in Law at the KNUST Campus. Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood said funding for the school has become a major challenge for the General Legal Council. According to her, the Ghana Law School Bill is currently before cabinet and will be subsequently forwarded to parliament for approval to enable the school wean itself from government funding. She reminded students to be prepared to pay realistic fees for legal education. Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Professor William Otoo Ellis, said the university has allocated two large offices and the Faculty of Law auditorium to be used by the Law School. Story by Elton John Brobbey/Luv FM/Ghana