Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC has singled out Chartered Accountant and attorney Christopher Ram for playing a key role in the establishment of Guyana’s law school, saying Ram was retained to collect and analyse empirical data needed to demonstrate that the proposed institution would be viable.
Nandlall was speaking on Thursday at the ceremonial sod-turning for the Council of Legal Education’s (CLE) fourth law school at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.
In outlining the lengthy process that preceded the CLE’s approval of the Guyana project, Nandlall said the country had to satisfy strict criteria, including demonstrating that the proposed law school would be financially and economically sustainable over the long term.
“It was not handed to us on a platter. Strict criteria were laid out. A feasibility study was requested where we had to show how the law school is going to be viable,” Nandlall shared, explaining that Guyana had to assess the existing demand for legal education across the Caribbean, including determining how many students in different jurisdictions were awaiting admission to a law school.
It was in this process, he said, that Ram was brought in. “And in this regard, I want to single out Mr. Christopher Ram. Mr. Christopher Ram was retained to do that type of collection and examination of the empirical data and create the report that was requested by the law school, by the Council of Legal Education.”
Nandlall said the information gathered and presented through the feasibility study helped Guyana satisfy the criteria established by the CLE.
He said the process ultimately culminated in September 2025, when the CLE formally accepted Guyana’s feasibility study and approved the establishment of a fourth CLE law school in the country.
According to Nandlall, the decision was taken during the council’s meeting at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas, between September 5 and 6, 2025.
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