University of the West

international students in legal studies in England, which was another reason to establish legal training in the Caribbean.
The Faculty of Law was initially established in 1970 at the Cave Hill Campus, in Barbados, but the first year of the degree was available at each campus (and the University of Guyana in Guyana). This structure served, inter alia, to create a regional institution (the Faculty) and a regional identity within the profession. Incrementally, courses from the second and third year of the law programs were introduced at St. Augustine and Mona, allowing students to take more and more of the degree on those campuses rather than studying at Cave Hill. It is now possible to complete a law degree at each campus.
Following completion of the UWI law degree, graduates who intend to practice must complete a two-year practical professional training programme at one of three law schools in the Caribbean. The Eugene Dupuch Law School in The Bahamas usually is for citizens of the Bahamas, the British Virgin …