Ghana

The UC Law SF community and the International Development Law Center are grateful to the U.S. Embassy in Ghana for awarding us a grant under the University Partnership Initiative. Through this grant, the young and dynamic law school at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has partnered with UC Law SF. Clinical legal education is one are of collaboration: UC Law SF has a robust and mature clinical program, while UPSA's is only just being launched.

This year, Professor Linda Tam of Berkeley Law School, a clinical legal education expert, and Professor Victor Ayeni of Adekunle Ajasin University in Nigeria, an expert in African human rights, travelled to Ghana in February under the auspices of the grant. Both lectured to faculty and students, while also reviewing curriculum. Professor Tam evaluated the school's existing plans for legal clinics and shared best practices for establishing, managing, and evaluating legal clinics. Professor Ayeni gave a public lecture on LGBTQI rights in Africa.

In April, UC Law SF Professor Stefano Moscato travelled to Ghana to support UPSA as it shifts toward a more analytical skills-based curriculum, while in May, UC Law SF affiliated expert Dyann Heward-Mills gave a public lecture co-sponsored by UPSA and the Ghana Bar Association on data privacy trends in Ghana, Africa, and the world.

In May/June, two UPSA law professors travelled to San Francisco for the international symposium on restorative justice, mediation, and human rights. While here, they signed, on behalf of the UPSA law dean and UPSA vice chancellor, an agreement between our two law schools. Chancellor and Dean David Faigman of UC Law SF signed on behalf of UC Law SF.