CAPE COAST, GHANA — The University Of Cape Coast (UCC) Law Faculty in Ghana is hosting its first-ever advocacy training workshop in collaboration with Campbell Law School this week.
This initiative, known formally as the Advocacy Training Institute for Ghanaian lawyers and students and coordinated by UCC Professor Constantine Kudzedzi, Esq, brings together some final-year students and newly trained lawyers for a three-day workshop facilitated by Campbell Law faculty Trial Advocacy Director Chris Cox, alumnus Jacob Morse ’17 and Adult and Online Education (AOE) Dean Nicole Winget J.D.
The program has included signing an MOU between the Deans of both law schools, CCU Law Dean Julia Selman Ayetey and Campbell Law Dean J. Rich Leonard, marking the start of what promises to be a great partnership, Kudzedzi says.
The program mimics how a trial advocacy performance section is taught at Campbell Law.
Each professor teaches a section of openings, direct examinations, cross examinations and closings. Then they each have a group of students they are doing smaller sections with and letting the students put it into practice.
“We’re taking the Campbell Law brand international,” Leonard explained.
During the first day of the workshop, a lecture on opening statements and examination-in-chief was given by Morse and Cox while Winget gave a lecture on cross-examination on the second day. Leonard finished up by teaching closings.
“Being here in Ghana and spending time with UCC’s wonderful faculty and students has been such a rewarding experience,” Cox said in a post on LinkedIn.
Later during the workshop’s second day, all the trainers put the participants through their paces. Ghanaian lawyer Kofi Asante Sampong chimed in with key insights into Ghana’s legal framework.
“Growth happens outside your comfort zone, and yesterday was proof!,” the UCC Law Faculty posted on its LinkedIn page.
Some of the Ghanaian law students participating in the program include: Marble Ashun, Tahir Berge, Samuel Krah, Lisa Ajet, Kumba Tamba and Bright Adjetey Adjei.
Find more photos on the Campbell Law Facebook page at this link.
ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW SCHOOL
Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts nearly 5,000 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2024, Campbell Law celebrated 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 15 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.
ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST LAW SCHOOL
The Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast is the premier centre for legal education in the Central Region of Ghana, Cape Coast and continues to lead the way in preparing students for the legal profession. In August 2011, Prof. P. E. Bondzi- Simpson was appointed as the Founding Dean. Under the Vice Chancellorship of D.D. Kuupole, accreditation was formally granted by the National Accreditation Board in April 2013 to run the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme.