Way cleared for UG Law students to be admitted to Hugh Wooding

Jun 19, 2014 News

– matter to be discussed at next Heads of Govt meeting

After being in limbo for months, top performing law students of the University of Guyana can rest easy as the way has been cleared for them to be granted automatic placement at the Hugh Wooding Law School.
At least this is according to a statement issued by Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall, who disclosed that the decision was forthcoming following a meeting at the Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Caricom Secretariat on Monday last.
The meeting, which was instigated by President Donald Ramotar, specifically addressed the protracted impasse affecting the local law students’ entry to the Trinidad based law school and the review of legal education in the West Indies.
According to Nandlall, “It was decided that the top 25 Guyanese Nationals, graduates of the University of Guyana Law Programme, 2013, will enjoy automatic entry into Hugh Wooding Law School, for the academic year commencing September 2014-2015.” An additional 10 students who are non-Guyanese nationals graduating out of the said programme will secure automatic entry to the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica or Eugene Dupuch Law School in Bahamas, depending on which zone their territory falls.
It was also decided that “there shall be comprehensive review of legal education in the West Indies, and the modalities extent and financial implications of the same will be discussed at the next meeting of the Caricom Heads of the Government.”
The meeting was convened by way of teleconference under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. It was attended by Ms. Jacqueline Samuel-Brown, QC, Chairman of the Council of Legal Education of the West Indies; the local Attorney General; Sheldon Mc Donald, Head of the Department of Law, University of Guyana; the Principals of the Hugh Wooding Law School, Norman Manley Law School and the Eugene Dupuch Law School; Safiya Ali, General Counsel, Caricom and the Assistant Secretary General of Caricom.
Nandlall had in early April disclosed that Government was anticipating a reversal of the decision made earlier this year by the Council of Legal Education to not renew an agreement to have the top graduates of UG’s Law School automatically secure a place at the Hugh Wooding Law School.
According to him in a statement issued then “the Government of Guyana eagerly awaits a response from the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education,” adding that “we expect that the response will be favourable to the Guyanese graduands.”
According to him too, “Government remains ready, able and willing to work with the University of Guyana, the University of the West Indies, the Council for Legal Education and any other stakeholder to bring a speedy and long term resolution to this matter.”
In his statement too, Nandlall said that at the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM which concluded its 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting on the 10th -11th March, 2014, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, President Ramotar had cause to raise the decision of the Executive Board of the Council.
The Council’s decision was made on February 2014 in Bridgetown Barbados, and was seen as a development that could have serious implications for the access to the Law School and consequently, admission to practice law by persons, other than graduates of the University of the West Indies, more particularly, graduates of UG.
The matter was discussed at the Heads of Government meeting and it was resolved that Dr. Gonsalves would write to the Chairman of the Council conveying the views and the decision of the Heads of Government on the matter.
Moreover, on the 31st March, 2014, Prime Minister Gonsalves dispatched a letter to Chairman of the Council for favourable consideration.

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