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词条 Legal Education Certificate
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  1. Awarding institutions

  2. Signatory countries, territories, and organisations

  3. References

In the Commonwealth Caribbean, a Legal Education Certificate is a professional certification awarded to a person who has completed a course of study and training at a law school established by the Council of Legal Education.[1] It was created by Articles 4 and 5 of the 1970 Agreement Establishing the Council of Legal Education.[2]

Awarding institutions

There are three law schools which are empowered to award LECs: the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Eugene Dupuch Law School in The Bahamas. In general, LL.B. graduates of the University of the West Indies are entitled to automatic admission to the above law schools, whereas others must take an entrance examination.[3] Another agreement allows University of Guyana graduates to bypass the entrance exam as well. This exemption only applies to Guyanese nationals. In 2010, Solicitor-General of Belize Oscar Ramjeet lobbied for the exemption to be extended to Belizeans.[4]

An LEC allows its holder to be admitted to practise law in any country or territory which is a signature to the agreement. In general, no person who does not hold an LEC may be so admitted. The original agreement exempted persons who were qualified to practise law on or before 1 October 1971, or who were undergoing a course of study leading to a qualification which would have enabled them to practise law before that date and who completed that course before 1 January 1980.[2] A supplementary agreement in September 1984 extended the transitional period, and also provided for separate principals for each of the law schools empowered to award LECs.[5]

Signatory countries, territories, and organisations

Signatories
1970 agreement[2]1984 supplement[5]
Country, territory, or organisationCountry or organisationRepresentativeDateLocation
Antigua and Barbuda|colonial|name=Antigua}}Antigua and Barbuda}}Keith Ford19 September 1984St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas}}The Bahamas}}P. L. Adderley23 September 1984Miami, Florida, United States
Barbados|1885}}Barbados}}Louis Tull14 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica
British Honduras}}Belize}}George Brown19 September 1992Kingston, Jamaica
British Virgin Islands}}British Virgin Islands}}Non-signatory
Cayman Islands}}Cayman Islands}}Non-signatory
Dominica|1965}}Dominica}}Ronan David14 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Grenada|1967}}Grenada}}Dennis R. M. Lambert15 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Guyana}}Guyana}}Mohammed Shahabuddeen15 September 1984Georgetown, Guyana
Jamaica}}Jamaica}}Winston Spaulding14 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Montserrat}}Montserrat}}Non-signatory
{{flag|Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla}}Saint Kitts and Nevis}}Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton20 September 1984Basseterre, Saint Kitts
Anguilla}}Non-signatory
Saint Lucia|1967}}Saint Lucia|1979}}Non-signatory
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|colonial|name=Saint Vincent}}{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|1979}}Non-signatory
Trinidad and Tobago}}Trinidad and Tobago}}Russel Martineau14 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica
University of GuyanaUniversity of GuyanaGeorge Walcott10 October 1984Georgetown, Guyana
University of the West IndiesUniversity of the West IndiesAston Preston14 September 1984Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Belize did not join the 1984 supplement initially, but eventually signed it later. It was a signatory to the 1970 agreement as "British Honduras".[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.clecaribbean.com/treaty.php|title=Agreement Establishing the Council of Legal Education|publisher=Caribbean Council of Legal Education|date=1970|accessdate=2017-10-31}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/secretariat/legal_instruments/agreement_cle.jsp?menu=secretariat|title=Agreement Establishing the Council of Legal Education|publisher=Caribbean Community Secretariat|year=1970|accessdate=2012-07-30}}
3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCfsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22legal+education+certificate%22|title=CARICOM: our Caribbean community|publisher=Ian Randle Publishers|year=2005|accessdate=2012-07-30}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.reporter.bz/2010/03/page/7/|title=GOB wants level field for Law Students in Jamaica|work=The Belize Reporter|date=2010-03-26|accessdate=2012-04-22}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/secretariat/legal_instruments/agreement_cle_supplemental_1984.jsp|title=Supplemental Agreement in Relation to the Council of Legal Education|publisher=Caribbean Community Secretariat|date=September 1984|accessdate=2012-07-30}}

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