New areas of law to accelerate modernisation for Caribbean countries

As Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean countries are emerging into new economies, the JOF Haynes Law School of the Americas (JHLSA), which will be established in Guyana, is expected to produce a core of lawyers that will help to accelerate modernisation.

Law is a catalyst for modernising any economy, aside from the traditional legal skills, areas such as environmental and sports law, intellectual property law, banking and finance law, civil aviation, maritime and tax law have significantly assisted in forming new economies across the world  according to the Ministerial Advisor on the law school venture, Dr. Trevor Hamilton.

These areas, Dr. Trevor Hamilton said, will be explored at the JOF Haynes Law School of the Americas which will offer its services to other Caribbean countries.

“Twenty years ago, these subjects were not taught at law schools. Everybody thinks that when you go to law school, you go to court and you deal with some criminals and all that… so the lawyers that we (JOF Haynes Law School of the Americas) will be producing will help to make changes and accelerate modernisation,” Dr. Hamilton explained.

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