The Certificate in Advocacy and Evidence for Summary Courts and Prosecutor’s Course was launched on Monday afternoon in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) of the University of Guyana.
According to a press release posted on the Face-book page of Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC, the course is an enterprise of the Government of Guyana through the Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs, the University of Guyana (UG), the ‘Support for the Criminal Justice System Programme’ (SCJSP), and the Inter-American Development Bank, which is funding it.
The Course, which is open to holders of a Bachelors of Laws (LLB ) or third-year LL.B students, has been developed to equip students with in-depth knowledge of procedural and substantive law concerning ethics, the law of evidence, criminal practice and procedure, fundamental human rights and aspects of constitutional and legislative interpretation.
These and other topics to be delivered will be facilitated by legal minds, including: Justice Roxane George SC, Chief Justice (ag) of the Judiciary of Guyana; Justice Jo Ann Barlow; Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall; Shalimar Ali-Hack SC, Director of Public Prosecutions; Pro-fessor Kenneth Benjamin, former Chief Justice of Belize; Professor Courtney Abel, former Justice of the High Court of Belize; Darshan Ramdhani QC; and Magistrate Dillon Bess.
The release said that students who complete the Course will have an opportunity to become prosecutors in Guyana’s Magis-trates Courts.
Also in attendance were Attorney General Nandlall and Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette-Cummings Edwards.
Also present were forty of the seventy-one students admitted to pursue the course, including Police Sergeant Deniro Jones – currently completing his LL. B – who delivered the vote of thanks.
Nandlall delivered the feature address at the launch. The release said that the initiative is the brainchild of the Attorney- General.
Out of the seventy-one persons accepted to pursue the course, thirty-five will be granted scholarships, and, after completing the course, will be employed by the State on bond as prosecutors in Guyana’s Magistrate’s Courts.
