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UG, AG discuss a new agreement for automatic admission of UG Law grads to Hugh Wooding
Representatives of the University of Guyana and the Attorney General and the Minister of Legal Affairs.
Kaieteur News – Representatives of the University of Guyana (UG) on Monday met with Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C, to discuss the terms of a new agreement with officials of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE) of the West Indies, for continued automatic admissions of graduates of UG’s Law Programme into the Hugh Wooding Law School, and other related matters.
According to a Press Release issued by the Attorney General’s Chambers, Ministry of Legal Affairs, the visiting delegation comprised of the Vice-Chancellor of the UG, Dr. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, Registrar of UG Dr. Nigel Gravesande and the Head of the Department of Law of UG Ms. Kim Kyte-Thomas, an attorney-at-law. Also in attendance were Ms. Prithima Kissoon, State Solicitor, Public Trustee and Official Receiver, and Ms. Raeanna Clarke, State Counsel.
During this visit, the delegation raised four principal issues with the AG,
“The execution of the new and long-term agreement with officials of the University of the West Indies and the CLE of the West Indies for the admission of UG graduates.
The number of Guyanese graduates of the UG Law Programme gaining automatic admissions into the Hugh Wooding Law School should be increased from 25 students to 40 students; Settling the number of non-Guyanese graduates of the UG Law Programme gaining entry into any of the three law schools in the Caribbean Region, namely, the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica; the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad; and the Eugene Dupuch Law School in the Bahamas.
The inclusion of the University of Guyana in deliberations of the CLE on the issues affecting the University of Guyana. In respect of this issue, it was noted that the University of Guyana is one of the universities given express recognition in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and accordingly should be properly included in deliberations of the CLE.”
The AG, who is also an executive member of the CLE, intimated his commitment to attend the next meeting of the Sub- Committee of the CLE and UG on the issues and expressed his commitment to moving these arguments forward.
The Minister was also keen to highlight that Guyana was one of the few States to make prompt and timely payments to the CLE. He used the opportunity to introduce the delegation to the State’s new prosecutorial programme, which seeks to build capacity and improve the proficiency of police prosecutors and requested that the programme be done at the UG.
The Minister also revealed that the programme will be an annual one-year duration programme that will cater for approximately 40 students who possess a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), the students will be trained to prosecute in the various Magistrates’ Courts throughout the country. The Legal Affairs Minister also disclosed that the curriculum is being completed by a consultant and with UG’s agreement, the programme will start in the academic year commencing in September later this year. The UG delegation welcomed the idea of the programme and pledged to accommodate the programme at UG.
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