Guyana signs agreement for establishing law school

Jul 06, 2018 News

From June 18 to June 20, 2018, Attorney General, Basil Williams, and members of the local Joseph Haynes Law School (JHLS) committee met with representatives of the Jamaica joint venture partners.
The representatives were Professor Dennis Gayle, Executive Chancellor of the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, UCC; Dr. David Wan, Group Finance Director, UCC; Courtney Wynter, Chairman of the Board, Law College of the Americas (LCA); and Marcelle Donaldson, Attorney-at-law.

AG Basil Williams with the Jamaican joint venture partners.

The visit was specifically aimed to finalize and sign the shareholders’ agreement for the JHLS, the AG Chambers disclosed.
“The JHLS created for this purpose met with the representatives on Monday, June 18, 2018 to hammer out the final details of the agreement. The representatives continued to meet, with the Honourable Attorney General, who represented the Government of Guyana’s interest.”
The team, the AG Chambers said, worked relentlessly to ensure that the result was an agreement acceptable by all parties.
“After careful consideration and collaboration, the agreement was signed and witnessed by representatives of the parties involved. The shareholders’ agreement together with the feasibility study and related business plan will be submitted to the Council of Legal Education (CLE).”
Currently, students interested in law have to study at the University of Guyana before moving to Trinidad or further afield to complete their law degree.
The JHLS is supposed to solve this problem.
Guyanese students have been complaining of admittance problems to the Hugh Wooding law school in Trinidad and Tobago.

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