EUSI Alvon Anderson, who hails from Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara was admitted to practice at the Bar on Wednesday by Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.
Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall, who presented his petition, said he has a fabulous education background, having excelled at a  British university after attending Queen’s College (QC) and Hugh Wooding Law School.
Mr. Nandlall was loud in praise of Mr. Anderson’s record, attesting to his long acquaintance with the family of the 25-year-old lawyer, especially his father, who also showed concern for the welfare of the AG and his education.
The young lawyer will be attached to his chambers, the AG disclosed, recalling that Anderson received his early education from Stella Maris Primary School and highlights of his stint at QC showed that, in 2002, he won the J.O.F. Haynes Debating Competition.
In 2004, Anderson became the first winner of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Essay Competition and, in 2005, he was Guyana’s top A- Level Student, the same year he was awarded a Guyana Scholarship.
Anderson received a Bachelor of Laws and Politics from Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London, also obtaining an Upper Second Class Honours in 2008 and his academic activities included a prolific mooter and debater while at university,  which formed the foundation for his nomination by Inner Temple  to represent England and Wales at the World Debating Championships in 2009.
Among other things, he also secured a Graduate Certificate in  Public Finance at the London School of Economics and Politics, with special emphasis on pension funds and public sector  expenditure.
Anderson has, as well, a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management from the Goldsmith International Business School, obtaining the highest marks in England and Wales at the 2009 examinations.

Other qualifications
His other qualifications include a Post Graduate Certificate in the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law  in London, United Kingdom 2009. In 2010, he was awarded Very Competent status, the second highest possible classification and got top marks for  Advocacy in Cross-Examination and Examination-in-Chief, ranking amongst the top performers in Criminal  Procedure at the 2009-2010 examinations.
He was called to the British Bar at Inner Temple Inns of Court in 2010 and attended the Hugh Wooding Law School Transitional  Programme 2012, following which he interned at Trinidad and Tobago’s number one  law firm, JD Seller  and Company, where he was tutored by the islands’ best in corporate commercial legal practice.
Anderson also got the MPhil qualification with special emphasis on Politics, Development and Democratic Education at the University of Cambridge.
He holds the April 2012 Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School, too.
At his Wednesday afternoon admission, in the courtroom packed with relatives and friends, the Chief Justice told Anderson: “You are a man of many parts but don’t assume that you know it all.”
Anderson thanked those in attendance and, especially, the judge and Nandlall for their kind advice and pledged to use his energies to help the legal profession.