{"id":31770,"date":"2026-09-04T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:05:17","slug":"new-law-school-signals-guyanas-emergence-as-regional-centre-for-professional-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-law-school-signals-guyanas-emergence-as-regional-centre-for-professional-training\/","title":{"rendered":"New law school signals Guyana\u2019s emergence as regional centre for professional training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guyana\u2019s new Council of Legal Education (CLE) law school is expected to strengthen the country\u2019s position as a regional centre for higher education and professional training. Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, described the institution as part of a wider vision to attract Caribbean students to Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the sod turning ceremony at the University of Guyana\u2019s Turkeyen Campus, Nandlall said that the institution should not be viewed as a facility solely for Guyanese students, noting that its regional mandate was an important consideration during negotiations with the Council of Legal Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were very careful in our negotiations not to ever create the impression that this is going to be an insular institution. It\u2019s not a Guyanese institution. While it will be located in Guyana, it is a regional institution to serve the people of the region and to be administered by the regional council administering legal education,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The AG continued, “We had to undergo a particular process at the council.It was not handed to us on a platter.\u00a0Strict criteria were laid out. A feasibility study was requested where we had to show\u00a0how the law school is going to be viable.And not viable for the first and second year, but viable as a long term venture.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law school is also expected to become part of a growing network of specialised education and training facilities being developed in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sod was turned on Thursday to symbolically commence the construction stage of a new law school of the Council of Legal Education at Turkeyen Campus, University of Guyana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sod was turned on Thursday to symbolically commence the construction stage of a new law school of the Council of Legal Education at Turkeyen Campus, University of Guyana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sod was turned on Thursday to symbolically commence the construction stage of a new law school of the Council of Legal Education at Turkeyen Campus, University of Guyana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sod was turned on Thursday to symbolically commence the construction stage of a new law school of the Council of Legal Education at Turkeyen Campus, University of Guyana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sod was turned on Thursday to symbolically commence the construction stage of a new law school of the Council of Legal Education at Turkeyen Campus, University of Guyana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nandlall pointed to investments in oil and gas, hospitality, nursing and teacher training, saying these institutions are also being developed with a regional outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Attorney General said the push is taking place against the backdrop of major changes in Caribbean education and growing demand for professional training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe demands for legal education have skyrocketed over the last five decades,\u201d<\/strong> Nandlall said, noting that universities and overseas institutions are now offering LLB programmes in countries across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the expansion of legal education at the undergraduate level has placed additional pressure on the region\u2019s existing professional law schools, making the establishment of another institution necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to prepare for the next 50 years.This law school will be here for a very, very long time,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is the realization of the aspirations of generations of Guyanese,\u201d<\/strong> Nandlall said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development could also broaden Guyana\u2019s role in judicial and continuing legal education. Nandlall said the Government intends to work with the Caribbean Court of Justice to establish a home for the CCJ Academy of Law on the same eight-acre site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope that judicial training, legal education, professional continuing legal education will be done from this facility,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed academy would further expand the site\u2019s potential as a regional centre for legal training, bringing together professional legal education, judicial training and continuing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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