The Ghana School of Law has asked students to submit their social media handles for monitoring to ensure that they maintain a character befitting the legal profession.
This comes on the back of the General Legal Council’s refusal to call Law School graduand to the bar over her activities online.
The school’s decision was made known during the swearing-in ceremony of new executives of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
According to the Director of the School, Yaw Oppong, said the action is to promote responsible behaviour online.
“Everybody will have to provide their social media handles. We are going to look at it, and you will be monitored in terms of conduct. We are required by law to make recommendations. We don’t want to stampede you.
“You are going to reapply beyond the pass and submit yourselves for all legitimate checks,”
He, therefore, charged the students to submit themselves for the character checks before the General Legal Council’s approval.
This will ensure that the students’ good character requirements are not compromised, Yaw Oppong added.
“Once we are doing our best to ensure that as many of you as possible who want to help yourselves go beyond the stage you are, and we are succeeding, it will not compromise your good character.
“It’s of no use if you are qualified to go to second year, and you are told that you cannot go because of bad character,” he noted.
Social media influencer Elorm Ababio aka Ama Governor was refused a call to the bar because of her controversial activities online.
