Parliament has today directed the General Legal Counsel (GLC) to re-mark scripts of failed law students in 2019 with payment of reasonable fees.
The Committee of the constitution, legal and parliamentary affairs presented to Parliament its recommendation to the General Legal Council to commence the process for remarking of scripts upon request band and payment of reasonable fees on the account of the controversies surrounding the results of the 2019 entrance examination for admission to the General legally council.
The committee strongly called on the minister for the attorney general and Justice to submit a new bill to the house to replace the legal profession amendment bill 2018 to achieve the above-stated purpose.
Presenting the report of the committee to the house, the chairman Hon Ben Abdala told the house that considering the current challenges confronting the country’s legal education system offer a unique opportunity for us to carry out massive legislative and structural reforms towards the finding lasting solution to the challenge in the system.
This was brought to the fore after the association of law students submitted a written petition to his Excellency the President seeking reforms in the country’s legal education system and copied the Rt Hon Speaker of Parliament.
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