LRC Breaks for the Yuletide

The Board, Management and Staff of the Legal Resources Centre wish to inform our partners, corporate family, clients and the general public that our offices will be closed from Thursday, 21st December, 2023 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Tuesday, 9th January, 2024. We look forward to a much more fulfilling new year of […]

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LRC HOSTS MOBILE LEGAL CLINIC AT MADINA MARKET

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a five-day mobile clinic at the Madina market in Accra, on December 4th to 8th 2023. The clinic was conducted under a project entitled “Provision of legal aid and Paralegal Services,” supported by the German Development Corporation (GIZ). The purpose of the mobile clinic was to provide free legal […]

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LRC trains journalists on best practices on renewable energy in Bolgatanga

Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has trained selected journalists in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, on climate change and renewable energy best practices. The core mission of the LRC is to develop human rights within communities it operates, works to ensure social progress and development through use of law, justice, development, and good […]

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Prosecutors urged to study plea bargaining law

Police prosecutors have been advised to equip themselves with the provisions on the new plea bargaining in the Criminal and Other Offence (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1079). This would help them have a better understanding of the new plea bargaining law and thus enable them play their role in the administration of justice more […]

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 Attorney-General’s Department developing guidelines for implementation of  Plea-bargaining

Mrs Evelyn Keelson, a Chief State Attorney, says the Attorney General’s Department is in the process of developing guidelines for the implementation of the Plea-bargaining law in the country. She said the guidelines would indicate specifically what was expected of prosecutors regarding the preparation of the Plea-bargaining agreement. Mrs Keelson was speaking at a training […]

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Call for Application: One Year Paid Fellowship for Female Lawyers in West Africa

With funding support from our partner, Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), Legal Resources Centre (LRC) together with nine (9) other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Sub-Sahara Africa are admitting female fellows to offer a one-year, fully funded fellowships to an inaugural class of ten early-career women lawyers. The aim of CFJ’s Waging Justice is to […]

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