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{{Infobox Law School
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| name = Norman Manley Law School
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==Building and location==
The Norman Manley Law School is located on the [[Mona, Jamaica|Mona]] campus of the [[University of the West Indies]], yet it is a distinct and separate institution.<ref name="Observer20050202"/> Its building, designed by architect firm Rutkowski, Bradford & Partners, is noted as an example of Caribbean [[modern architecture|modernist architecture]].<ref>{{cite book|url=
==History==
Named for Jamaican statesman [[Norman Manley]], NMLS is one of three [[law school]]s empowered by the
==Partnerships and outreach work==
NMLS students are required to perform several hours of field work to graduate. One way they obtain these hours is by participating in [[legal clinic]]s, through which the needy can obtain legal consultations at a price of [[Jamaican dollar|J$]]1,000, far less than the usual tens of thousands of dollars required to meet with a private lawyer.<ref name="Observer20050202">{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/74340_The-Norman-Manley-legal-clinic|first=Ann-Margaret|last=Lim
==Notable students and faculty==
{{see also|Category:People associated with the Norman Manley Law School}}
*[[Dame Marcella Liburd]], fifth [[Governor-General of St Kitts and Nevis]]
*[[Kirk Anderson (judge)|Kirk Anderson]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Jamaica]]<ref name="DunnCox">{{cite web|url=http://www.dunncox.com/?q=attorney-profile/kirk-b-anderson|title=Attorney profile: Kirk B. Anderson|publisher=Dunn & Cox Attorneys-at-Law|accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref><ref name="Gleaner20110829">{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=31504|title=Supreme Court Gets Two New Judges|work=The Jamaica Gleaner|date=2011-08-29|accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref>
*[[Dean Barrow]], fourth [[Prime Minister of Belize]]
*[[George Brown (Belizean judge)|George Brown]], [[Chief Justice of Belize]] from 1990 to 1998<ref name="Reporter20070727">{{cite news|url=http://www.reporter.bz/index.php?mod=archive&act=view&article=2102|title=Former CJ Sir George Brown passes at 65|date=2007-07-27|accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref>
*[[Zaila McCalla]], Chief Justice of Jamaica
*[[
*[[Troadio Gonzalez]], justice of the [[Supreme Court of Belize]]<ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/supreme_court/meet_justices.html|title=Meet The Judges|publisher=Attorney General of Belize|accessdate=2012-04-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121852/http://www.belizelaw.org/supreme_court/meet_justices.html|archivedate=4 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Lindsay Grant]], former Leader of the [[People's Action Movement]] of Saint Kitts and Nevis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grantpowellandco.com/lawyers.php|title=Lindsay Grant, Senior Partner|publisher=Grant Powell & Co|accessdate=2013-12-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102052/http://www.grantpowellandco.com/lawyers.php|archivedate=24 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Observer20120713">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2012/07/13/grant-resigns.html|first=LK|last=Hewlett|title=Lindsay Grant Resigns as Leader of PAM|work=St. Kitts & Nevis Observer|date=2012-07-13|accessdate=2013-12-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721072932/http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2012/07/13/grant-resigns.html|archivedate=21 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Burton P. C. Hall]], Bahamian judge who sits on the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Sir_Burton_Hall_nominated_to_become_a_Permanent_Judge_of_the_International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia6801.shtml|title=Sir Burton Hall nominated to become a Permanent Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|work=The Bahamas Weekly|date=2009-06-25|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref>
*[[Cheryl Krusen]], [[Solicitor-General of Belize]]<ref name="SanPedroDaily20110711">{{cite news|url=http://sanpedrodaily.com/7-11-11.html|title=New Solicitor-General takes up duties|work=San Pedro Daily|date=2011-07-11|accessdate=2012-04-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509113924/http://www.sanpedrodaily.com/7-11-11.html|archivedate=9 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Jody-Anne Maxwell]], first non-U.S. winner of the [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090405/lead/lead8.html|title=All grown up!|work=The Jamaica Gleaner|date=2009-04-05|accessdate=2012-04-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606191831/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090405/lead/lead8.html|archivedate=6 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Ann-Marie Smith, Chief Magistrate of Belize
*[[Lisa Shoman]], Belizean lawyer and politician
*[[George Singh]], Chief Justice of Belize in 1998<ref name="News519980202">{{cite news|url=http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/25393|title=Chief and two new justices sworn in|work=News 5 Belize|date=1998-02-02|accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref>
*[[Manuel Sosa (judge)|Manuel Sosa]], President of the Belize Court of Appeal, former Chief Justice<ref name="Reporter20110107">{{cite news|url=http://www.reporter.bz/index.php?mod=archive&act=view&article=4883|title=Justice Manuel Sosa sworn in as President of Belize Court of Appeal|work=The Belize Reporter|date=2011-01-07|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref>
*[[Rodwell Williams]] (1984), Dean Barrow's partner at Barrow and Williams in Belize<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111127/out/out3.html|first=Janet|last=Silvera|title=Celebrating Life At Iberostar|work=Jamaica Gleaner|date=2011-11-27|accessdate=2012-10-18}}</ref>
*Dame [[Janice Pereira]], Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/chief-justice-of-the-eastern-caribbean-supreme-court-receives-honour|title=Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court receives honour|date=8 May 2013|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Jamaica|Trinidad|Caribbean}}
* [[University of the West Indies]]
* [[Legal education]]
* [[Law degree]]
* [[List of law schools]]
* [[Caribbean Law Institute]]
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