Avril Lovelace-Johnson was nominated for the position of a Supreme Court of Ghana judge in November 2019 and received parliamentary approval in December 2019.
12 Facts About Avril Lovelace-Johnson
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson has been on the bench in Ghana since 1994 and was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2019.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson received her primary education at SNAPS Preparatory School before attending Wesley Girls' Senior High School from 1973 to 1978 for her GCE Ordinary-level.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson then proceeded to Aburi Girls' Senior High School from 1978 to 1980 for her GCE Advanced-level.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson went on to study law at the University of Ghana, Legon, starting in 1981.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson later enrolled in the Ghana School of Law in 1985, where she was called to the Ghana Bar in 1987.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson then worked as an Assistant State Attorney in the Accra Office from 1989 to 1990.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson was promoted to the sitting Circuit Court at the 28th February Road Courts from 1994 to June 2002.
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From October 2014 to October 2016, Justice Avril Lovelace-Johnson served as the Director of the Public Complaints and Court Inspectorate Unit of the Judicial Service.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson was the Vice President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana from 2000 to 2002 and held various positions with the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson had been a justice of the Court of Appeal until her nomination as a Supreme Court Judge in November 2019.
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Avril Lovelace-Johnson was sworn into office on 17 December 2019.