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Jan 20, 2015 News
Hopeful’ is the word being used by secretary of University of Guyana Law Society (UGLS), Arianna Beharry,
to describe the reaction of students attached to the University of Guyana, (UG)’s Faculty of Law, following a recent meeting regarding their automatic entry into the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law school (HWLS).
On Tuesday last, Executive members of the University of Guyana Law Society (UGLS) and a few other Law Students met with the Attorney General, (AG) Anil Nandlall to discuss the future of legal education in Guyana.
In a statement issued by UGLS, Nandlall informed the body that the issue of Guyanese law students’ admittance to Hugh Wooding Law School is being addressed at the CARICOM level.
During the course of the meeting, the law students were also informed that based on several discussions and the exchange of written pieces, it is expected that the original agreement between (UG) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), would still stand which will enable the automatic entrance of the top 25 law students into Hugh Wooding and entrance of 10 Non-Guyanese Nationals.
The other law students outside the scope of ‘25’ will be expected to continue writing the entrance examinations.
The AG disclosed that a decision was taken by the Heads of Government to write to the Council of Legal Education to address the issue. It was further noted that a review of the Council for Legal Education is scheduled.
This review would assess legal education in the region and whether or not there should be a continued reliance on the Council of Legal Education solely to provide continued legal training.
It was also noted, that it is important in the nature of quality control mechanisms that UWI’s LLB is to be associated with that of UG, since there continues to be space problems at Hugh Wooding.
The AG informed the group that the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago is willing to offer physical space in the south of Trinidad for the establishment of another law school but this decision is in the hands of the Council.
The law students were also informed of an offer made by the Attorney General of the Bahamas to allocate space for Guyanese law students at a reduced cost if there is a significant amount of Guyanese students who will be attending. This option however, is a last resort and is entirely up to the students.
Nandlall stated that the government had sponsored the Vice Chancellor and the Head of the Department (HOD) of Law to accompany the AG to a meeting in order to discuss the issues faced by Law Students. However, an update is yet to be given by the HOD on its progress with the Council of Legal Education.
UGLS added that the AG also met with Principal of the Hugh Wooding Law School, Miriam Samaru, on Friday and several issues were discussed, in particular those affecting the Guyanese students at the HWLS.
“It was a very fruitful meeting, and many of the issues which were raised were successfully addressed.”
According to UGLS another meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2015 in Grenada for further deliberations on the issue.
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