{"id":378829,"date":"2017-11-29T18:23:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378829"},"modified":"2017-11-29T22:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:15:19","slug":"students-petition-parliament-to-stop-li-for-law-school-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/students-petition-parliament-to-stop-li-for-law-school-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Students petition parliament to stop LI for law school admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"
A group calling itself the concerned law students, has submitted a petition to Parliament against a new Legal Instrument (LI) by the General Legal Council (GLC), which is proposing new regulations for admissions and professional law courses in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The group has described the LI as a deliberate and unreasonable effort by the Council to frustrate their attempts to gain admissions and their human rights.<\/p>\n
Ken Addor Donkor, the leader of the group, said the proposed LI is \u201can attempt to just kill the dreams of law students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The LI in question, among other things, states that the GLC will conduct an entrance exam for the admission of students to the school, and conduct interviews for all applicants who pass the Ghana School of Law Entrance Examination.<\/p>\n