There has been a hanging issue regarding popular YouTuber Ama Governor and the General Legal Council (GLC) regarding the conduct of members of the public who wish to practise law in Ghana.
Ama Govenor has unapologetically documented her life online and in doing so, has exposed a lot of private moments not every lawyer in Ghana will do. From getting tattoos to piercings to talking about detailed sex, same-sex marriages, birth control pills, girl-on-period etc.
Newly elected Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has spoken regarding the conduct of persons wanting to be called into the law institution. She was very surprised that it was even a topic that, the online and offline conduct of wannabe lawyers needed to be negotiated against the standards held by the law fraternity.
“When somebody has behaved in a certain way and we say we cannot call the person to the bar, I was surprised at the furore that rose up concerning the call to the bar of certain people and I thought, like seriously?
“This is proper conduct for the legal sector? That is interesting. So, for you to come into the space of the legal sector, your conduct cannot be obscene and offensive and you expect to be admitted, it doesn’t work like that. Your comments on social media, your ex parte communication for judge is extremely critical,” she cautioned.
Ama Govenor took to Twitter to respond to the issue and called being ostracised cruel. Ama says she is yet to know what misconduct she practised during her time as a lawyer under education.
Respectfully, I am still waiting to be told what my improper conduct was from 6th Nov, 2022 till date. I cannot handle this tarnishing of image and spread of false information about the true facts of the events that took place for much longer. This is cruel. https://t.co/vzV7mWHyhW
— 𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚖 (@Ama_governor) July 31, 2023
