The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic’s Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick Prize for Legal Aid was conferred on Wednesday to the latest recipient at a simple ceremony at the clinic’s Georgetown office.
In a statement, the clinic said the prize was presented to the 2021 winner, Chandanie Dyal, by Sultana Fitzpatrick, the late attorney’s widow, in the presence of her son, Garry and grandson Michael, the chairperson of the clinic’s board of directors, Bishwa Panday, the clinic’s managing attorney Shellon Boyce, other directors and staff of the clinic.
Dyal, who the clinic said, is now attached to the chambers of Mohabir A. Nandlall & Associates, chose a set of the Guyana Law Reports as her prize.
The prize – in the form of books to the value of USD500.00 – was established in 2019 in memory of the late attorney, a founder member and former director of the clinic and lifelong advocate for equal access to justice. It is awarded for the best performance in legal aid by a Guyanese student at Hugh Wooding Law School.
Meanwhile, Panday, the statement said, congratulated Dyal and said that she should be justifiably proud of her achievement. Following the presentation, she expressed appreciation for the prize and said that Fitzpatrick’s legacy lives on in the clinic as “a voice for the voiceless and hope for the hopeless,” and through the recipients of the prize established in his memory.
