Construction of new law school to begin soon

Oct 13, 2025 News

– land cleared at UG to commence building

Construction of new law school to begin soon

Screen grab of the eight-acre plot of land cleared for the construction of LEC law school (Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC MP Facebook page)

(Kaieteur News) – The long-anticipated construction of the Guyana Law School is set to begin shortly, following the clearing of an eight-acre plot of land at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, provided an update on the project’s progress, confirming that preparatory works have been completed. On Sunday morning, Nandlall visited the cleared site, which will house the proposed Council of Legal Education (CLE) Law School, the fourth such institution under the CLE.

Nandlall said on his Facebook page, “I’m standing on the site where the new law school is expected to be constructed. The land itself is eight acres. You will recall that when I showed pictures of it previously, it was heavily overgrown with vegetation bushes, jungle basically and we commissioned the clearing of the land and the land is now cleared.”

The cleared area, located on the south western section of the University of Guyana, will soon see construction activity. “There’s a road that we have cleared to come into because UG has reserved the front part of the lands for other purposes. So we are at the back, so we had to clear a road to access the back. So, this is the land that you are seeing and we will start construction very shortly,” Nandlall stated.

Currently, the Caribbean has three law schools under the CLE: the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago and the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, both established in 1973, and the Eugene Dupuch Law School in The Bahamas, which opened in 1998. The new Guyana Law School will join this network, serving as the Caribbean’s fourth regional law institution.

The eight-acre development will not only host the law school itself, but will also feature other facilities related to legal education and training within the region.

Land clearing reportedly began in mid-September, transforming the heavily vegetated site into a construction-ready space.

Guyana has long advocated for its own law school to better accommodate local law graduates, many of whom face challenges accessing the existing institutions due to limited placement quotas and the high costs of studying abroad. Currently, Guyana receives just 25 placements annually at the Hugh Wooding Law School. The establishment of a local institution will allow students to complete their Legal Education Certificates (LEC) without leaving the country.

On September 7, President Irfaan Ali announced that work will begin immediately to establish Guyana’s very own law school with approval being granted by the Council of Legal Education. He was at the time making his first address to the nation after being sworn in as the ninth Executive President of Guyana.

Ali told the gathering on the lawns of State house of mostly party supporters that his government will be able to commence the work “…based on the recent approval granted by the Council for Legal Education…”

He said with the setting up of the school, hundreds of persons will be able to get qualified as attorneys “right here in the country and they will be having the full rights to practise in CARICOM countries as well.”

In November of last year, Kaieteur News reported that the government was still awaiting final approval from the Council of Legal Education of the West Indies to move forward. At the time, Attorney General Nandlall confirmed that while approval had been granted for a feasibility study and preparatory groundwork, the full establishment process was still underway.

With the clearing of the land now completed, the long-awaited project reaches a step closer of relief for local law graduates.

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