Last Updated on January 30, 2025, 4:57 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Government of St Kitts and Nevis along with the Executive Committee of the Council of Legal Education will convene its bi-annual meeting on Friday, January 31, 2025, at the Royal St Kitts Hotel, Frigate Bay.
The meeting will be joined by regional jurists, highlighting the commitment of St Kitts and Nevis’ government in supporting the advancement of legal professions across the Commonwealth Caribbean.
This bi-annual meeting will discuss and make strategic plans in enhancing the region’s legal education system while ensuring continued success of the Council’s mission of developing competent legal practitioners of the region.
Furthermore, Garth Wilkin, Attorney General of St Kitts and Nevis, is selected to host this meeting and stated that it is a moment of honour for him and for the twin island nation, to welcome the Executive Committee of the Council of Legal Education for its bi-annual meeting.
He further added, “Hosting this meeting here reaffirms our nation’s commitment to fostering excellence in the legal profession and supporting regional integration through law and justice.”
Council of Legal Education
Established 54 years ago, the Council of Legal Education plays an important role in training competent and ethical legal practitioners in promoting social justice, high ethical standards, and the rule of law within the region.
The Council includes Attorneys General of member Governments, Chief Justices of member jurisdictions, representatives of the practicing legal profession, the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies.
The Council also includes Principals of three renowned schools:
- The High Wooding Law School (established in 1973 in Trinidad & Tobago)
- The Norman Manley Law School (Welcomed its first batch of students in 1973 in Jamaica)
- The Eugene Dupuch Law School (established in 1998 in The Bahamas).
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