Call raised again for local law school after UG grad refused entry to T&T

Students-at-Law Glenfield Denison, Carmilita Jamieson, Erica Chappell, and Sherod Duncan (SN file photo)

Contretemps following the refusal of entry to Trinidad and Tobago of a University of Guyana (UG) law graduate after she failed to present documents to prove she was accepted into the Hugh Wooding Law School have led once again to calls for a local law school.

Stabroek News understands that the law graduate travelled to the island nation without any proof of her acceptance into Hugh Wooding. Contacted, student-at-law Sherod Duncan said he was advised that the young woman was going to attempt to register at the law school. However, the official list of the top 25 graduates guaranteed entry to Hugh Wooding had not yet been forwarded to the institution by UG. Duncan described the situation as a case of “impatience.” He noted that the woman had declared that she was on the island for school, which immigration found out