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Former cycling champion admitted to the bar
From being completely engrossed in the fun-filled sport of cycling, Lloyd Mark Conway can now be seen as an intellectual and professionally-composed Attorney-at-law.
The former national juvenile and junior cycling champion was yesterday admitted to the local Bar by Chief Justice Ian Chang, following a successful petition being presented by Senior Counsel Robin Stoby.
Lloyd Conway (centre) with Senior Counsel Robin Stoby (left) and Chief Justice Ian Chang (right) moments after being admitted to the Bar
Conway, a former Queen’s College student, worked as a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer for six years.
During that time, he pursued a Degree programme in Public Management at the University of Guyana.
In realizing that he wanted something more, the now 36-year-old father of two embarked on his legal studies. Conway obtained a Degree in Law (LLB) at the University of Guyana, after which he went on to the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, where he was recently awarded his Legal Education Certificate.
Asked what prompted his interest in Law, Conway reflected that at the age of 21, he met with an accident. As a result of this, the active youngster was bedridden for six months.
“That’s when I realized that I had more to do, and I had to do something more and gain something more,” the lawyer said.
Reflecting on his journey, Conway said that he completed his secondary education when he was just 15 years old, and therefore could not attend the University of Guyana, as he had planned to.
But, this was not a bad thing, according to him. As a matter of fact, it was fun. Conway got to cycle as he liked and most importantly, catch up on reading those stimulating Stephen King novels.
“I was really sort of carefree and into books all the time. I wasn’t like a nerd though, because I did other activities like Judo and cycling and so.”
At one point, these were young Conway’s focus, but at age 18, he became a bit distracted, having met the woman of his dreams. Fruitful days of courting led to him now sharing a blissful marital bond with the mother of his two sons, Dinte Conway, a member of the Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security
He explained that embarking on studies overseas was no easy task, not only because reaching his goal entailed a lot of hard work, but also because missing his family was somewhat unbearable.
“That was the hardest part, but I managed, because I had the support of my family – my wife, my parents and my sisters and so.”
The young attorney added, “I remember sometimes having to read volumes of law materials and sometimes my wife would leave me reading and go to bed and then wake up the next morning and find me still reading.”
Lloyd Mark Conway is also the son of Lloyd Conway, Editor of the Guyana Chronicle Newspaper and Sylvia Conway, retired Chief Probation Officer.
“One of my sisters (Aletha Conway) is a Manager at a bank in North America, and the other one, (Beverly Conway) is teaching at a US school in Germany.”
“The support that I got from my parents and my wife is what really took me this far. They made some real sacrifices,” Conway pointed out.
A person can’t just believe that they’re smart, you have to read and put in the extra work.”
In addition, the former CANU officer is also the Vice President of the Roraima Cycle Club and an active member of the Guyana Cycling Federation.
In a matter of two weeks, Conway is looking to take up a job in the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In a few years’ time, Conway said that he wants to be seen as a professional worthy of emulation.
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