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Law school inches closer as Govt. prepares land clearance

Sep 19, 2025
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Kaieteur News – An eight-acre plot of land located at the University of Guyana’s compound, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown will soon be cleared of vegetation to facilitate the constructuon of Guyana’s law school.

Thia was revealed by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC who along with Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Prof. Paloma Mohamed, attorney and law lecturer Christopher Ram visited the designated area for the school.

Upon established, the local law school will become the Council of Legal Education (CLE)’s 4th law school.

In a Facebook post, the Attorney General said, “It is the Government’s hope that the law school will be up and running in the shortest possible time.”

The Caribbean has three law schools: the Hugh Wooding Law School established in 1973 and located in Trinidad and Tobago, the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica which also opened its doors to students in 1973 and the Eugene Dupuch Law School, in the Bahamas was established in 1998.

The eight-acre plot of land will not just house Caribbean’s 4th law school but also other facilities related to the Region’s law schools.

“The clearing of the lands will commence in the next few days. The site is the plot of land in the background covered in rich vegetation,” Nandlall said.

Guyana has long advocated for its own law school to assist local students who are unable to access the existing schools due to a quota system as well as the cost associated with studying overseas.

Guyana receives 25 placements each year at the Hugh Wooding Law School. The establishment of a local law school will see students being able to pursue their Legal Education Certificate without having to leave 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-at-law “right here in country and they will be having the full rights to practice in CARICOM countries as well.”

In November of last year, the Kaieteur News had reported that Government was still awaiting the approval of the Council of Legal Education of the West Indies (CLE) to establish the nation’s first law school. At the time Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, in an invited comment to Kaieteur News, confirmed that the process to establish a law school in Guyana was ongoing, although permission was granted by the council for a feasibility study and other ground work to be done.

Anil Nandlall, Law school, Nandlall, Turkeyen, University of Guyana