I slowly leaned downwards on my right side from my seat. My right hand extended to reach my right high-heeled shoe. I silently and methodically unbuckled my shoe.

“Great minds discuss ideas; … small minds discuss people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

It is unclear what input, if any, was solicited from or made by the other parties in the cases before cameras were zoomed into their faces in open court. Be that as it may, it is the entire citizenry’s expectation that when the actors make time to review their performances on live TV, they will be fully satisfied with what they see.

The law is an ass. This is one of the most graphic expressions that stuck in my young, fresh and then-unadulterated mind when I heard it for the first time. I had then enrolled as a law student at the University of Ghana, Legon, exactly 30 years ago. I wondered why anyone will refer to the ‘law’ as an ass

Our youth prefer galamsey to education; galamsey proceeds are immediate and tangible. Not a day passes that the news media do not report on the negative impact galamsey is having on our country. It is submitted that, such a matter of national and public interest cannot be left to be ‘jaw-jawed’ at arbitration or mediation proceedings.

Some may even swear that their village legend has it that when they were born, strands of lawyers’ wig were found in their hair, signifying that their entry into the learned and noble profession had been ordained by the Omnipotent One himself.