Prof. Atuguba Appointed Dean of UG Law School

Professor Raymond Atuguba has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana (UGSL).

A graduate of the law school of Harvard Law School (LL.M), Professor Edward Kwasi Quashigah replaces Professor Edward Kwasi Quashigah as Dean of the (UGSL).

Professor Atuguba graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana in 1997. He has recently obtained a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

In 2015, he resigned as executive secretary to President John Mahama.

Prior to being appointed executive secretary to the president, Mr. Atuguba worked for over 15 years in the areas of constitutional governance and the consolidation of democratic gains. advocacy of laws and policies; public policy reform; governance of natural resources; justice sector reform and rights-based approaches to development.

Co-founder and former executive director of the Legal Resources Center, then founder and team leader of a policy consulting firm – Law and Development Associates, he has been a consultant to various governments and international organizations.

These include the governments of Ghana and Liberia; UN-OHCHR, UNDP, UNODC, World Bank, EU, ECOWAS, DFID, USAID, GTZ (GIS), DANIDA, ILO, FES, British Council, IIED, CHRI, OSIWA, IBIS, Action Aid International, Plan International and Oxfam.

Dr. Atuguba is a member of the Ghana Bar and has argued in the Ghana Supreme Court several times. He is also a member of the Association of African Studies, the Ghana Society for Development Dialogue, and Associate Member of the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS).

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