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(j) to provide a suitable library for law students;
(k) to set up an independent examination
committee for the conduct of entrance
examinations into the Sierra Leone Law
School;
(l) to make regulations for admissions, discipline
and the conduct of examinations; and
(m) perform such other functions as are incidental
for the attainment of the object stated in
subsection (1). ''
MEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Being an Act to amend the Council of Legal Education Act, 1989, (Act No. No. 2021
1 of 1989) to provide for the continuation and maintenance of the Sierra Leone Law
School as the only law school in Sierra Leone with powers to establish other law
school campuses, to introduce new provisions relative to the composition and Sierra Leone
functions of the Council of Legal Education and to provide for other related matters.
A BILL ENTITLED
The Council of Legal Education (Amendment) Act, 2021 Short title.
MADE this 16th day of September, 2021.
Being an Act to amend the Council of Legal Education Act,
1989, (Act No. 1 of 1989) to provide for the continuation and
ANTHONY YIEHWOE BREWAH, maintenance of the Sierra Leone Law School as the only Law School
Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in Sierra Leone with powers to establish other campuses, to
introduce new provisions relative to the composition and functions
FREETOWN, of the Council of Legal Education and to provide for other related
SIERRA LEONE matters.
[ ] Date of com-
mencement.
ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE.
present Parliament assembled.
2 No. The Council of Legal Education (Amendment) Act, 2021 No. The Council of Legal Education (Amendment) Act, 2021 3
PART I – PRELIMINARY 2. Section 6 of the Council of Legal Education Act, 1989 is Amendment
amended by the repeal and replacement of that section with the of Section 6
following new section- of Act No. 1
Amendment of 1. Section 4 of the Council of Legal Education Act, 1989 (Act of 1989.
Section 4 No. 1 of 1989) is amended by the repeal and replacement of that "6. (1) The object for which Council is established is to have
of Act No. 1 section with the following new section responsibility for the legal education of persons seeking to become
of 1989. members of the legal profession in Sierra Leone.
"(1) The Council shall consist of -
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1),
(a) The Honourable Chief Justice who shall be the Council shall be responsible -
Chairman;
(a) for the continuation and maintenance of a
(b) The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice law school in Sierra Leone known as the Sierra
or his representative; Leone Law School;
(c) The Minister of Technical and Higher (b) for establishment and maintenance of law
Education or his representative; school campuses in Sierra Leone as it may
deem necessary;
(d) a Vice Chancellor from a university in Sierra
Leone, representing all accredited (c) for the appointment of a Director, a Registrar,
universities in Sierra Leone offering law Deputy Registrars, lecturers, academic and
degree approved by Council; other staff of the Sierra Leone Law School;
(e) a Dean of the Faculty of Law from a (d) for conducting professional and training
university in Sierra Leone, representing all courses and examinations of the Sierra Leone
accredited universities in Sierra Leone; Law School ;
(f) a Justice of the Supreme Court nominated (e) for the approval of courses of study for
by the Chief Justice; students of the Sierra Leone Law School;
(g) 2 legal practitioners of the Sierra Leone Bar (f) to prescribe conditions which a Faculty of
Association of not less than 10 years Law of a university in Sierra Leone shall
standing, nominated by the Sierra Leone comply with before its products are eligible
Bar Association; for admission into the Sierra Leone Law
School;
(h) The Director of the Sierra Leone Law School;
(g) to evaluate courses of study provided by and
(i) a representative of the Employers Federation; accord appropriate recognition of legal
and qualifications obtained in other accredited
institutions;
(j) a retired Judge or a legal practitioner of not
less than 10 years standing appointed by the (h) to issue a certificate for call to the Bar on
Attorney General and Minister of Justice in satisfactory completion by a person of the
consultation with the Chief Justice. course of study and professional training at
the Sierra Leone Law School;
(2) Members referred to in paragraph (d) and (e) of
subsection (1) shall be appointed to Council by their peers for a (i) to establish legal qualifications for lecturers
duration of one year on a rotational basis.'' of the Sierra Leone Law School and to make
provision for the sponsoring of "Chair of
Law'' at universities;
