Guyana likely to get Law School by 2018

There has been an amplified call for the setting up of a local Law School over the past several years and finally the government of Guyana has made a concrete step in the direction of making such an institution a reality.

Wednesday , at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Minister of Legal Affairs and AttorneyGeneral Basil Williams, on behalf of the government of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University College of the Caribbean (UCC) and the Law College of the Americas (LAC). The Attorney-General said that the MOU will be the embodiment of future engagements. He said that the permission for Guyana to establish a law school was given almost two decades ago. Williams reminded that there has always been a problem with Guyanese nationals being given a place at the Hugh Wooding Law School. He said that at a recent meeting in Antigua, a collective agreement was signed between the University of Guyana, University of the West Indies and the Council for Legal Education (CLE) limiting the number to 25 Guyanese graduates benefiting from automatic entry to Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS). According to Williams, there are thousands of Law Degree (LLB) holders in the Caribbean who cannot enter into the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, the Eugene Dupuch Law School in the Bahamas or the HWLS. Williams said that it is very important that the law school comes at this time. He said that there will be no question of students being part of the law program, which is to be called the JOF Haynes Law School of America. The AG said that he is hoping that the institution can be up and running by 2018, notwithstanding the feasibility study which has to be done. (Kaieteurnews. com)