Norman Manley Law School: Difference between revisions

| parent = [[University of the West Indies]]<BR/>[[Council of Legal Education]]

| head = [[O. A. Carol Aina]] (Principal)

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=httphttps://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CgI9cMHsSPIC&pg=RA1-PT114|first=Gustavo|last=Luis More|first2=Barry|last2=Bergdoll|title=Caribbean Modernist Architecture|page=114|publisher=The Museum of Modern Art|date=2010-06-30|accessdate=2012-04-19|isbn=9780870707759}}</ref> It is a {{convert|700|sqm}}, two-storey [[reinforced concrete]] block [[masonry]] building; construction was finished in 1975. It was badly damaged by [[Hurricane Gilbert]] in DecemberSeptember 1988; a [[clerestory]] window broke and let the wind into the building, placing significant uplift pressure on the [[roof deck]].<ref>{{cite book|url=httphttps://booksarchive.google.com.hkorg/books?iddetails/bub_gb_VYZZCZv8EUIC|page=VYZZCZv8EUIC&pg=PA34[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VYZZCZv8EUIC/page/n31 34]|title=Educational Facilities and Risk Management: Natural Disasters|publisher=Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development|date=2004-01-30|accessdate=2012-04-19|isbn=9789264028340}}</ref>

Named for Jamaican statesman [[Norman Manley]], NMLS is one of three [[law school]]s empowered by the [[(Caribbean) Council of Legal Education]] to award [[Legal Education Certificate]]s, along with the [[Eugene Dupuch Law School]] in [[the Bahamas]] and the [[Hugh Wooding Law School]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. It opened its doors to students in September 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clecaribbean.com/schools.php|title=The Schools|publisher=Council of Legal Education|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref> In July 2008, former Deputy Solicitor General [[Stephen Vasciannie]] was appointed principal of NMLS, succeeding [[Keith Sobion]] who had died some months before.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/137628_Vasciannie-appointed-principal-of-Norman-Manley-Law-School|title=Vasciannie appointed principal of Norman Manley Law School|work=[[The Jamaica Observer]]|date=2008-07-08|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref> In NovemeberNovember 2012, [[Carol Aina]] was appointed principal following Vasciannie's departure to take up the post of Jamaica's ambassador to the United States.

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||title=The Norman Manley legal clinic|work=[[Jamaica Observer]]|date=2005-02-02|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref> In November 2008, NMLS signed a memorandum of understanding with the [[Inter-American Commission on Human Rights]] to form a partnership and hold seminars on [[human rights]] issues, including [[capital punishment]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20081124/news/news3.html|title=Norman Manley Law School seeks partnership on human-right issues|work=The Jamaica Gleaner|date=2008-11-24|accessdate=2012-04-19}}</ref>

*[[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>

*[[TroadioMichel GonzalezChebat]], justiceformer chairman of the [[SupremeSocial CourtSecurity Board (Belize)|Social Security Board of Belize]] and president of the [[Bar Association of Belize]]<ref name="CVSSB">{{cite web|url=http://www.belizelawsocialsecurity.org.bz/supreme_courtpress_releases/meet_justicessept_1_2006.htmlhtm|title=MeetMedia TheRelease: JudgesNew Chairman of the Social Security Board of Directors Appointed|publisher=AttorneyBelize GeneralSocial ofSecurity BelizeBoard|date=2006-09-01|accessdate=2012-0411-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121203195453/http://www.socialsecurity.org.bz/press_releases/sept_1_2006.htm|archivedate=3 December 2012|df=dmy-19all}}</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>

*[[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>

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