A first-class honours graduate from the Kings College University Law Faculty, has advised his colleagues in school studying law to make sacrifices if they want to secure a good degree.

Speaking on The Law on JoyNews, Cephas M. Dapuri said that studying law requires dedication and very few distractions and thus it is important to rid oneself of habits that can disrupt one's studies.

“As for the sacrifices, you make much more, especially sleep, secondly partying, social media, and friends. Naturally, I am a gamer. I liked playing games before I went to law school, and when I went to school it changed,” he said.

Mr Dapuri stated that “I used to think I was addicted to gaming, but right now I am addicted to law. You have to be addicted to law, you cannot serve two masters at the same time. The law itself is a master and then having habits is another master.”

Among other things, the first-class graduate said that law students have to be “consistent and disciplined. Sacrifice to make your first-class or a better class.”

Also on the show, another first-class graduate from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Law Faculty supported Mr Dapuri’s statement; adding that he spent most of his time reading for his course.

Atsu Dogbey stated that it helped that he was not a social media enthusiast and rather took the little time in between activities be it eating, travelling, riding to class or others to catch up on one case or another.

“I use my phone to read cases, news articles and everything related. I make my learning more casual because it is the only time I will get ever. I knew there will be sacrifices,” he noted.

Mr Dogbey added that “I chose a mentor, the Head of Legal in UCC and I noticed the time he spent on social media. He spent less time there and I thought I should mimic that so I create enough space to study.”