COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION IN 2021 TO:

NORMAN MANLEY LAW SCHOOL () (Trinidad & Tobago) (The Bahamas)

Legal Education Certificate - Two Year Programme

Applications are invited from holders of a first degree in Law obtained from a recognized institution in a common law jurisdiction (in accordance with Article 3 of the Treaty Establishing the Council of Legal Education), or holders of the Common Professional Examination Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Law from a recognized institution (UK) together with vocational training, and who wish to be considered for selection for the Two-Year Legal Education Certificate Programme. ALL APPLICANTS will be required to sit an entrance examination which will be held in July 2021.

This is not applicable to holders of the University of the West Indies LL.B. degree.

This examination is intended to assist with determining priority placing to the Law Schools and IS SUBJECT TO SPACE AVAILABILITY.

The examination will consist of testing in basic core courses. The courses are:

- Law of Contract - Equity - Law of Tort - Criminal Law - Real Property

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A MINIMUM PASS MARK OF 40% IN EACH OF THE FIVE COURSES.

The application form and instruction and information sheet are available from the website (under ‘Downloads’): www.nmls.edu.jm

For further information you may contact

The Registrar, Admissions Board The Registrar Norman Manley Law School Hugh Wooding Law School P.O. Box 231 P.O. Bag 323, Kingston 7 Tunapuna JAMAICA TRINIDAD (876) 927-1899/1235 (868) 235-4957/4958

The Registrar Eugene Dupuch Law School P.O. Box SS 6394 Nassau THE BAHAMAS (242) 326-8507

All applications together with the transcript must be submitted to the Secretary, Admissions Board, Norman Manley Law School, 8 Ring Road, UWI, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica along with a non-refundable and non-transferrable fee of US$150.00 and one recent passport size picture no later than January 31, 2021.

Please note the following:

1. This information assumes that a face-to-face examination can be conducted. If, due to the current pandemic or any other prevailing situation, this is not possible, applicants will be informed by way of a notice posted on the websites of the Law Schools.

2. Applicants who were not offered a place in the academic year 2020/2021 are not required to submit a new application form or to pay the application fee.

3. Applicants who were scheduled to sit the examination in July 2020 and did not submit an original transcript or who were awarded the degree after July 31, 2020 must request that the awarding institution send their LLB transcript directly to the Norman Manley Law School by January 31, 2021.

Please see the Instruction & Information Sheet on www.nmls.edu.jm for further details. Please see the Treaty on the website: www.clecaribbean.com

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.