ATTORNEY Gaitree Ramona Rookhum was elected President of the Women Lawyers Association at the entity’s recent Annual General Meeting.

In a release the association stated that Shellon Boyce has been elected Vice-President; Secretary Chandrawattie Persaud; Treasurer Alanna Lall; Assistant Secretary Treasurer, Nekeisha Persaud; Committee Members Jaya Singh Backreedy, Denise Hodge, Coleen Sparman-Stephen and Anita Mohan Hamilton.

Ms Rookhum was admitted to practice in 2008, where she joined the chambers of Messrs Hughes, Fields and Stoby and is currently the Associate to Richard B. Fields, Esq, SC, practicing general civil law.

She takes the helm as the Association celebrates its 30 year anniversary after being founded in 1987 by the Honourable Madame Justice Desiree Bernard, retired; She was the first female judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice with its charter secretary being the late Deborah Jan Backer.

Through the past three decades the Association has been led by Sheila Chapman, Pearlene Roach, Claudette La Bennett, Susan Moore, Anande Trotman, Rose Benjamin-Noble, Roxane George, Rose Cadogan, Sandra Bart, Dale Kingston, Gem Sanford-Johnson, Sandra Kurtzious, Emily Dodson, Simone Morris-Ramlall and most recently Sadie Amin.

The Association is known for its publications of the Law and You, the Constitution and You and Local Government and You. These are user-friendly booklets explaining prevalent laws and procedures in layman terms and its annual activities include educational and humanitarian outreaches to women and children, visit to the inmates at the women’s prison in New Amsterdam and continuing legal education workshops for members.