RECENTLY graduated lawyers, Shivani Balcharran and Scheinizie Smith, from the Hugh Wooding Law School, have been admitted to the Guyana Bar and are competent to practise their profession in this country.

Their petitions were presented to the Court by Senior Counsel, Mr. Bernard De Santos, before Justice James Bovell-Drakes, who received the admissions.

From left, are Mr. De Santos, Lawyer Shivani Balcharran, Justice James Bovell-Drakes, and Attorney-at-law Scheinizie Smith.

Daughter of Mr. Chandrica Balcharran and Mrs. Sabitree Balcharran, Shivani attended the Better Hope Nursery School and Vryheid’s Lust Primary School where she wrote the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination (SSEE) in 1998, obtaining the highest score in her school and securing a place at the St. Stanislaus College.

She proceeded to the University of Guyana in 2003 to commence studies in the Sociology Degree Programme, and she obtained a 3.5 Grade Point Average after the first year, securing admission to read for the Bachelor of Laws Degree.

After completing her studies at the University of Guyana, she proceeded to Trinidad and Tobago in 2007 to commence reading for the Legal Education Certificate at the Hugh Wooding Law School, and on the 3rd October, 2009, she was awarded the Legal Education Certificate by the Counsel of Legal Education.

On the 7th July, 2009, she commenced working with the Director of Public Prosecutions.

And Miss Scheinizie Smith of 26 New Street, Sparendaam is the daughter of Sharon Smith and Michael Smith.

She attended Cyril Potter Nursery School in Cummingsburg, then the Graham’s Primary School and St. John’s College, where she wrote the SSE.

At St Joseph’s High, she took the CXC exams before going to the Bishops’ High.

At the University of Guyana she graduated with distinction and won the Anne Blue 2005-2006 prize, and was the second highest performing student.

At Hugh Wooding, she got on the Principal’s Honours Roll and was awarded the R.R.T.T. prize for best performance in the law of succession.

Mr. De Santos commended the students on their academic achievements and wished them every success in the future.

After taking the oath, the new lawyers thanked the Judge for his guidance, Mr. De Santos for his kind remarks, and promised to live up to the high traditions of the Bar.

Following their admission, the two new lawyers and Mr. De Santos were entertained in the Judge’s Chambers.