<P> The British parliament established the Supreme Court of Judicature for the Gold Coast Colony in 1876 , with a Chief Justice and no more than four Puisne Justices . John Mensah Sarbah was the first native of Ghana to be called to the bar by Lincoln 's Inn in 1887 . The legal system was based on that of England , in which solicitors provide legal advice and prepare legal documents while barristers act as advocates in court . However , this division was not observed in practice in Ghana , and in 1960 an act abolished the distinction . Until the Ghana School of Law was established in 1958 , all lawyers were trained abroad , almost always at the Inns of Court in England . As of 2011 there are about 2,500 practicing lawyers , although not all have registered as members of the Bar Association . </P>
<P> The British parliament established the Supreme Court of Judicature for the Gold Coast Colony in 1876 , with a Chief Justice and no more than four Puisne Justices . John Mensah Sarbah was the first native of Ghana to be called to the bar by Lincoln 's Inn in 1887 . The legal system was based on that of England , in which solicitors provide legal advice and prepare legal documents while barristers act as advocates in court . However , this division was not observed in practice in Ghana , and in 1960 an act abolished the distinction . Until the Ghana School of Law was established in 1958 , all lawyers were trained abroad , almost always at the Inns of Court in England . As of 2011 there are about 2,500 practicing lawyers , although not all have registered as members of the Bar Association . </P>
who was the first ghanaian to become a lawyer
who was the first ghanaian to become a lawyer
John Mensah Sarbah
John Mensah Sarbah