The Bar Association of Guyana is set to host its second annual Law Week from April 23 to 28, 2023, under the theme, “New Frontiers in Law, Preparing for the Future”.
Law Week is a feature on the calendar of many Bar Associations around the world which aims to bring attention and understanding to the importance of the rule of law in society.
This year, the Bar Association will host a mix of in-person and virtual events and outreaches which will build capacity, foster camaraderie and enhance collaborations with the Bench and other related agencies.
Hon Justice Winston Anderson, JCCJ
The week of activities will commence with a walkathon today, which will depart from the Square of the Revolution and end at the Court of Appeal via Brickdam and High Street.
On the day thereafter, attorneys-at-law in private practice who have so volunteered will give their time and resources to offer pro bono services through the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic.
Further, the Association in collaboration with Caricom Competition Commission will host a webinar to build capacity at the Bar on Competition Law and Consumer Policy on Tuesday.
Capacity building will continue on Wednesday with a virtual law conference, which will feature presentations by members of the Bench and Bar in Guyana together with colleagues from the Houston Bar, New York Bar, British Virgin Islands, and Trinidad & Tobago’s Public Defenders’ Department.
On the evening of Thursday, April 27, the Association in collaboration with the Human Services and Social Security Ministry will host a panel discussion as an extension of the bodies’ Pro Bono 500 Initiative which commenced in December 2021.
Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC
During the day, through the facilitation of the Education Ministry, attorneys-at-law will visit high schools in all three counties to give guidance on the responsible use of social media in keeping with the Cyber Crime Act.
The curtains will be pulled on Friday, April 28 with a symposium at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre featuring Hon Justice Winston Anderson, JCCJ, of the Caribbean Court of Justice along with an address by the Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC.
Remarks will be given by Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, OR, CCH and President of the Bar Association, Pauline Chase.
In the evening, Hon Justice Winston Anderson will be the guest of honour at the cocktail gala.
