Law schools in Ghana: LLB, Ghana School of Law and admission

Why there is no official "best law school in Ghana"

"Law schools in Ghana" is one of the most searched education phrases in the country, and the honest answer is more complicated than a top-five list. The Ghana School of Law trains people for the Bar after the degree. The degree itself, the LLB, is taught by university faculties. A faculty can only run the LLB if the General Legal Council allows it and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has accredited it.

In June 2026 the General Legal Council issued an interim directive to law deans naming nineteen faculties. The directive came with the Legal Education Act 2026, which moves professional training from a single entrance examination to accredited law faculties and a one-year Pre-Bar Course.

We could not find any published measure that ranks these faculties: no pass rates, no employment figures, no standard student survey. Any "best law school" list you see is an opinion unless it cites one of those. We would rather show you what is checkable.

How we ordered this page

We did not rank the nineteen faculties. They are listed in the order of the directive's report, with the ownership and the regulator status held on the register. The one comparison we can print is each university's own published cut-off for the law programme, which shows how competitive entry is. A lower aggregate means a harder place to get.

The list: the 19 law faculties

• Accra Metropolitan University, School of Law
• Ashesi University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Central University, Faculty of Law
• GIMPA, Faculty of Law
• Greenfield College, Faculty of Law
• KAAF University College, Faculty of Law
• Kings University College, Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations
• KNUST, Faculty of Law
• Lancaster University, Faculty of Law
• Mountcrest University, Faculty of Law
• Pentecost University, Faculty of Law
• Presbyterian University, Faculty of Law
• UBIDS, Faculty of Law
• University of Cape Coast, Faculty of Law
• UDS, Faculty of Law
• University of Ghana, School of Law
• UPSA, School of Law
• Wisconsin International University College, Ghana, Faculty of Law
• Zenith University College, Ghana, Faculty of Law

Public and private faculties

Of the 19 faculties, 5 are at universities recorded as public and 11 at universities recorded as private. The rest are either not matched on the register or have no owner stated, which is a gap in the register and not a finding about the faculty.

Published cut-off points for law

These are three different documents for different years and applicant groups. A lower number means a more competitive course. Do not treat them as a league table.

What to check before you apply

1. The faculty is on the list. Only the nineteen named faculties are allowed to run the LLB and the Pre-Bar Course under the directive.
2. Accreditation. Use the regulator's list. Our universities page shows the status we hold.
3. Entry requirements. UCC says applicants need credits in Core English, Core Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies, plus three more passes, and an interview. KNUST asks for credits in English, Mathematics and Integrated Science plus three electives. UG asks for a total aggregate of no more than 24 across six subjects and then applies its cut-off.
4. Length. UCC's LL.B. runs four years.
5. Cost. Every university sets its own fees. The University of Ghana publishes a schedule of fees, and we never estimate one.

The route from school to the Bar

The first degree is the LLB, taught by university law faculties. In June 2026 the General Legal Council issued an interim directive naming nineteen faculties allowed to run the LLB and the new one-year Pre-Bar Course. The Legal Education Act 2026 (Act 1170) moves professional legal training to accredited law faculties, and the Ghana School of Law says it ends the old entrance examination.

After the LLB, students take the Pre-Bar Course, which covers Company Law, Commercial Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, and Interpretation of Deeds and Statutes. They then complete the Law Practice Training programme before they are called to the Bar. Applications for accreditation to run that training programme were expected to open in October 2026, so ask each faculty where it stands.

For a parent, the short version is that the child still starts with the LLB, and the years after it now sit with accredited faculties and not with a separate entrance exam. The UCC LL.B. takes four years. Other faculties publish their own length.

Choosing a law faculty

Start with the nineteen. Confirm that the faculty you like is in the table above, then ask about its accreditation and its Law Practice Training status.

Entry rules differ. UCC wants credits in Core English, Core Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies, three more passes and an interview. KNUST wants credits in English, Mathematics and Integrated Science plus three electives. UG wants a total aggregate of no more than 24 across six subjects, then applies its cut-off. Each university sets its own fees.

No pass rates by faculty are published. If someone quotes you one, ask where it comes from.

What we could not confirm

• Any pass-rate or outcome figure by law faculty. None is published that we could find.
• Whether each faculty has completed accreditation to run the Law Practice Training programme. Applications were expected to open in October 2026.
• Fees for most faculties.