Director of legal education arranges scholarships for 100 students
Around 100 law students will receive scholarships thanks to efforts by the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat, Barima Yaw D. Oppong, director of legal education at the Ghana School of Law, and other charitable organizations.
The Ghana School of Law was previously recognized as the Best Internal Audit Unit in 2021 in the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies Category by the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), an advisory body of the Ministry of Finance, during the agency’s Annual Awards to Institutions.
First of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, the Ghana School of Law was founded in 1958 by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president.
It is the top law school in the sub-region and accepts students from nearby Commonwealth nations.
Appreciation
The benefitted students thanked their donors and noted that the gift came at a time when most students were having trouble paying their tuition and signing up for the 2022–23 academic year’s exams.
Some of the students emphasized how, under the director’s direction, school administration had consistently supported their welfare and academic growth.
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Profile
On April 1, 2022, Barima Oppong took over as the Ghana Law School’s director.
The managing partner of Ampofo, Oppong and Associates in Accra is also the solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He has given lectures at a few colleges across the nation, including Central University.
The director was also among the individuals who were recently sworn in as members of the Graphic Communications Group Limited’s Board of Directors.
He has worked as a lawyer for some of the nation’s banking and financial organizations, giving him knowledge and competence in banking and finance law as well as energy and natural resource law.
Additionally, the director is a member of London’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
In the Akyem Abuakwa Paramountcy, one of the sub-chiefs, he was recently sworn in as Mawerehene.
In addition to being a prolific author of books and articles, Barima Oppong is also the author of the online essay “Domesticating dispute resolution arising from petroleum agreements in Ghana” and his most recent book, “Contemporary Trends in the Law of Immovable Property in Ghana.”
He has been a dependable resource for many years, adding to current conversations on a wide range of legal matters. He is also a well-known figure on many media outlets around the nation.
He graduated with a first-class law degree from the University of Ghana and was successfully admitted to the Ghana School of Law in Makola-Accra, Ghana.
Barima Oppong also has an LLM in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Ghana, Legon’s Faculty of Law.
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