THE proposed site for Guyana’s very own Council of Legal Education (CLE) law school has been cleared, and construction is expected to begin soon.

This is according to the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, who conducted a site visit on Sunday, and stated that prior to the clearing of the eight-acre plot, it was overgrown with vegetation.

“We commissioned the clearing of the land and the land is now cleared. It measures approximately eight acres. It is located at the southwestern part of the university [of Guyana] premises,” he said. The school is being built at UG’s Turkeyen campus.

While noting that the land is located aback the university’s Department of Law, they would have had to clear a path to create an access road to the site.

“We will start construction very shortly,” he emphasised in the Facebook video.

Just last month, during his inaugural address, President, Dr Irfaan Ali disclosed that the CLE had granted Guyana approval to establish its own law school.

At that time, he had noted that with the approval granted, work would commence immediately on the establishment of the school, thus enabling hundreds of persons to qualify as Attorneys-at-law right here in Guyana with full rights to practise in the Caribbean.

For decades, Guyanese law graduates were required to pursue their Legal Education Certificates (LEC) at CLE law schools in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and other Caribbean territories.

The law school is expected to strengthen Guyana’s legal infrastructure, broaden professional opportunities and provide affordable access to high-quality training for future lawyers.

Last year, the Attorney General presented a draft feasibility study to the CLE, during which he said that the project has been a priority for Guyana and would see the government providing land and financing  construction of the institution, while the CLE would oversee management, similar to the way it runs the three other regional law schools.