Admissions

Persons not qualified at i) and ii) above who wish to be considered for admission, and who are in possession of the following qualification must sit the annual entrance examination conducted by the Council of Legal Education:

a first degree in law awarded by a university in a common-law jurisdiction;
the Common Professional Examination Certificate (UK) together with vocational training;
an LLB degree awarded by the University of Guyana to:

(a) non-nationals of Guyana;
(b) nationals of Guyana not included in the list of 25 graduates provided by the Council of Legal Education;
(c) all persons awarded the law degree prior to 1998

The Examination will be by way of testing in selected core subject areas in essay/problem format. There will be one paper comprising the following:

Traditional Core Subjects:

  • Contract;
  • Tort;
  • Property;
  • Equity; and
  • Criminal Law.

Two questions will be set in each subject area and applicants will be required to answer five questions, one question from each of the subject areas.

Documents & Forms can be found here.