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William Atuguba
Justice William Atuguba is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and one of the most well-known faces on the bench. After his legal education, he began his career as a private practitioner before joining the Judicial Service of Ghana in 1995 as a state attorney and rising through the ranks until his appointment as a magistrate of the court. Blessed with a fierce intellect and of impeccable character, it was no surprise when he was elevated to the Supreme Court.
From the highest court of the land, he handed down several significant judgements and opinions that furthered the cause of the rule of law and expanded the freedoms of citizens. To his colleagues he was an affable and dependable colleague, whose Latin-suffused judgements marked the breadth of his scholarship. As the most senior judge on the bench, he was often the one to act when the Chief Justice was away.
But it was in 2013, when Justice Atuguba was chosen to preside over the nine-member panel that decided the election petition brought by three members of the New Patriotic Party to challenge th
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William Atuguba was a prosecutor, state attorney, and Ghana's former Justice of the Supreme Court. He was enrolled as a magistrate on 3 October 1974 and appointed by former president Rawlings in 1995.
From May 25, 2016, till June 25, 2016, the then Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora Woode was outside the country on official duties and so William Atuguba was made the acting Chief Justice.
He also acted as Chief Justice from February 2017 prior to the retirement of Georgina Theodora Wood on 8 June 2017 until 19 June 2017 when Sophia Akuffo was sworn in by President Akufo-Addo as the new Chief Justice.
William Atuguba is one of the longest-serving members of the Supreme court of Ghana being a judge for 44 years. He served as a Supreme Court Judge for 23 years: from 1995 to 2018.
He was for a period, the most senior judge in the Supreme Court.
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Raymond Atuguba
Raymond Akongburo Atuguba is a Ghanaian lawyer and academic. He has been professor of general jurisprudence and dean of the University of Ghana School of Law from 2019 to 2024, where he has been a faculty member since 2002.[1][2] He served as a Visiting Professor of Law and the Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Harvard Law School from 2018 to 2019. In Spring 2024, he held the position of Bok Visiting International Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.[3]
Early life and education
Atuguba was born in rural Ghana. He pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of Ghana, graduating with First Class Honours in Law (LLB) in 1997. In 1999, he obtained certification as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana from the Ghana School of Law, earning Best Student awards in Civil Procedure, Family Law, and Commercial (Insurance) Law.[3] He furthered his education at Harvard Law School, earning a Master of Laws (LLM) in 2000 and a Doctor of Juridical Scienc
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