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on several prizes this year, including the prizes for best Guyanese student and best academic and extracurricular performance, said that while he was not very serious about his work when he started his legal education at the University of Guyana, he quickly changed his approach after it earned him Bs and Cs, while his colleagues attained As and B+s. He also credits his study group with influencing his turnaround.

Munroe, who was awarded two prizes while in his first year of HWLS for the best performance in Legal Drafting and Interpretation and plans to pursue a Masters in Legislative Drafting at the University of Ottawa, told Stabroek News that the economic development which will follow recent oil discoveries in Guyana will necessarily have to be facilitated by the drafting of new, and amendment of old contracts, bills, regulations, bylaws and other forms of law, and expressed an intention to be part of that process.

Meanwhile, Loakman’s petition was brought by attorney Kashir Khan, who appeared in association with attorneys Mohamed Khan, Imtiaz Baig, and Joshua Abdool. Loakman’s petition was heard by Justice Brassington Reynolds, who urged Loakman to remain humble, grounded, and objective. Justice Reynolds told the young attorney-at-law that he enters the profession at a time when Guyana’s constitution is under siege, and when attorneys-at-law are prepared to do a lot of improper things. Loakman was cautioned against following suit.

Loakman, a former Secretary of the UGLS and Publications Committee Chairperson of the SRC, told Justice Reynolds that he was at the beginning of his legal education, and vowed to do his best.

As Loakman spoke, his mother, who sat not three feet from him, struggled to hold back tears.

Additionally, Shadick’s petition, brought by Member of Parliament Bibi Shadick, was heard by Justice Navindra Singh.