[1] The membership of the Council includes academics, judges and legal practitioners representing legal education, training and practice.
[2] The Chief Justice of Ghana currently in office is the chairperson for the council.
[3] The council maintains licences lawyers to practice.
It also enrolls new members to the Ghana Bar during the first week of every October.
It has a Disciplinary Committee which is able to sanction and disbar legal practitioners in the country.