Work in full swing to establish local law school

Jul 09, 2017 News

According to the Attorney General’s Chambers, on Thursday, a team met with the task force that has been set up to establish the Joseph Haynes Law School of the Americas.

AG Basil Williams meeting with members of the Task Force that has been set up to pave the way for a law school in Guyana.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, during the meeting with the task force, examined the provisions in the revised business plan of the University College of the Caribbean (UCC), one of the Jamaican partners in the public/private partnership (PPP) intended to established the law school.
The business plan was submitted pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered into between the University College of the Caribbean (UCC), Law College of the Americas (LCA) and the Government of Guyana (GOG) which contained a provision for a feasibility study to be done to determine the viability of establishing the law school.
The discussions are ongoing and the task force will submit a response to the proposals in the business plan, the AG Chambers said.
It is expected, also, that the task force will submit counter proposals to the joint venture partners.
The members of the task force present were Professor Harold Lutchman; Professor Rudolph James; Justice James Patterson; Justice Claudette Singh S.C.; Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr. Barbara Reynolds; Economist Dr. Maurice Odle, Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram; Law Revision Consultant Justice Abdullahi Zuru and Solicitor-General, Kim Kyte.
Currently, law students from the University of Guyana have to travel to Trinidad and Tobago to complete their studies before being allowed to practise.

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