| General Legal Council | |
| Formed: | 1960 |
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| Jurisdiction: | Government of Ghana |
| Headquarters: | Accra, Ghana |
| Coordinates: | 5.5461°N -0.2058°W |
| Minister1 Name: | Godfred Dame |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Attorney General and Minister for Justice |
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| Chief1 Name: | Getrude Asaaba Araba Torkonoo |
| Chief1 Position: | Chief Justice of Ghana |
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The General Legal Council is the body that regulates the Legal Profession in Ghana. It was set up in 1960 by an act of parliament, The Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32). Its role was to oversee legal education and the legal profession in the country.[1]
The membership of the Council includes academics, judges and legal practitioners representing legal education, training and practice.[2] The Chief Justice of Ghana currently in office is the chairperson for the council. The council also includes the three most senior members of the Supreme Court of Ghana; the Attorney General of Ghana and his or her nominee; and the President, Vice President, and secretary of the Ghana Bar Association.[3]
| Members of the General Legal Council | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=200 | Position | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Office | width=200 | Start Date |
| Chairperson | 7 January 2020 | ||||||
| Member | |||||||
| Member | Supreme Court Judge | January 2020 | |||||
| Member | Supreme Court Judge | ||||||
| Member | January 2017 | ||||||
| Member | Deputy Attorney General | ||||||
| Member | Raymond Atugubah | ||||||
| Member | Anthony Forson[4] | September 2018 | |||||
| Member | William Orleans Oduro | ||||||
| Member | Peter Kornor | Legal practitioner | |||||
| Member | Justin Amenuvor | Legal practitioner | |||||
| In attendance | |||||||
| width=200 | Position ! | width=200 | Name ! | width=200 | Office ! | width=200 | Start Date |
| Secretary | Cynthia Pamela Akotoaa Addo[5] [6] | Judicial Secretary | 2 October 2018 | ||||
| In attendance | Kwasi Prempeh-Eck | Director of Legal Education and Ghana School of Law | |||||
| In attendance | Lydia Nkansah | ||||||
| In attendance | Kofi Abotsi | ||||||
| In attendance | Stephen Offei | Dean, Faculty of Law, Wisconsin University College | |||||
| In attendance | Franklina Gesila Adanu | Counsel, General Legal Counsel | |||||
The council maintains licences lawyers to practice. It also enrolls new members to the Ghana Bar during the first week of every October. It has a Disciplinary Committee which is able to sanction and disbar legal practitioners in the country.[2]