Research

Publications and research

Institutional research and scholarship, drawn from the Council's research repository.

• Quality assurance in legal education: a review of accreditation practice

  Prof. A. Mensah, Dr. K. Owusu

  This review examines accreditation practice in legal education and considers how quality assurance frameworks can be strengthened. It draws on institutional data and comparative material from the region.

• Assessment standards in the Professional Law Course

  Dr. E. Adjei

  This paper sets out the assessment standards applied in the Professional Law Course and analyses candidate performance across recent sittings.

• A comparative study of bar admission requirements in West Africa

  Prof. A. Mensah, Dr. N. Boateng

  This study compares bar admission requirements across West African jurisdictions and identifies common standards and points of divergence.

• Legal education reform: annual report 2025

  Council for Legal Education and Training

  The annual report summarises reform activity in legal education during 2025, including accreditation outcomes, examination results in aggregate, and institutional development.