Supreme Court nominee, Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei, has advised caution in the push to expand access to legal education, stressing that any such move must be backed by rigorous feasibility studies.

Appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, 16 June 2025, Justice Adjei warned against popularising legal education without first establishing whether the existing system can support broader access.

“The most important thing is that if feasible, studies have been done and it has been revealed that this one is better than what we have now, there is nothing wrong,” he stated.

“I will only have an issue with it where there is no feasibility study. When we are satisfied that we have examined this and we have examined that, and this is the better option, we should go for it.”

His remarks come amid growing calls from stakeholders and legal advocacy groups to liberalise access to legal education, especially in response to rising demand for legal professionals across Ghana.

Justice Adjei, however, maintained that any reforms to legal training must be data-driven and should not compromise the quality and integrity of the legal profession.

He urged policymakers to carefully weigh the implications of such reforms on both the legal education infrastructure and the broader justice system.

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