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Accreditation standards for Law Practice Training institutions published

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Accreditation must be obtained before an institution offers Law Practice Training.

The Council for Legal Education and Training has published preliminary standards for institutions seeking accreditation to offer or provide Law Practice Training, in accordance with Part III of the Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170).

The standards cover the qualification of academic staff, the lecturer to student ratio, physical facilities and equipment, library resources in physical and digital form, and the other requirements for a conducive learning environment set out in section 48. They are set in collaboration with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission.

Institutions are invited to review the requirements ahead of the application window. An institution must hold an accreditation licence before it offers or provides Law Practice Training; doing so without a licence is an offence under section 23.