Ghana's legal sphere has a fascinating new trend. It’s not a groundbreaking constitutional amendment, nor the establishment of a groundbreaking new legal precedent. It’s not even a new tie knot for barristers to impress judges during trials. No, it’s something much more ferocious and unanticipated. Ghana’s barristers are turning into lion tamers, quite literally. To survive in the tumultuous world of law, it seems one must now also be equipped to handle the king of the jungle. Hence, bright-eyed law graduates are not just packing their shiny, new attache cases with legal documents and stationery but are also equipped with lion-taming gear. In ‘The Lawyer's Guide to Lion Taming,’ the most purchased self-help guide in legal circles, it’s advised that every barrister must carry a whip, a chair, a cage and an ample supply of red meat as the basic survival kit. Naturally, this has led to a surge of large suitcases within courtrooms, but surprisingly, the stern-faced, rule-abiding judges don’t seem to mind. Perhaps, they too, have a roaring feline hidden underneath their bench. When asked for his take on this intriguing trend, Mr. Opanin, a seasoned barrister and secret lion tamer, had this to say, "Ah, it’s nothing new. The law courts have always been a jungle, and we, the black robed heroes, have always been the lion tamers. We just never thought of bringing the actual tools to court." Opanin’s views certainly do shed audacious light on the matter. If taming the lions of statutory law and criminal procedure is analogous to taming real-life lions, then it certainly is a punt of brilliance. In other thrilling court news, the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is supposedly planning to replace all gavels with safari hats. While there has been no official statement from the GBA, multiple sources have confirmed that mock-ups of the new style are already floating around vaunted legal circuit. As frivolous as it may appear, the rule of law now mandates a literal law of the jungle. Some may eschew this as a joke, but for the barristers of Ghana, all's fair in the law and lion taming. The old saying stands more vital than ever - "All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.” But in this case, having a trusty whip on hand won't hurt either. As it stands, it's either law or lion's den folks, with the barrister jungle bristling more than ever. Disclaimer: Nobody was eaten, mauled or so much as chased during the writing of this article. Any resemblance to actual people, lions or offices of law is purely coincidental and unintentional. This has been your daily bite of satire, stay tuned for more whimsy.