Eugene Dupuch Law School Explained

Eugene Dupuch Law School
Parent:	Council of Legal Education
Established:	1998
Head:	Tonya Bastian Galanis (Principal)
Homepage:	eugenedupuchlaw.edu.bs/

The Eugene Dupuch Law School is a law school in Nassau, Bahamas.

It was established in 1998 as the third law school in the English-speaking Caribbean^[1] and named for the lawyer, journalist and politician, the late Hon. Eugene Dupuch.^{[2] [3]}

Admission and academic program

The school, along with the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica and the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, offers a two-year practical professional training programme designed for persons who:

• have obtained a University of the West Indies LL.B degree; or
• hold a degree from a university or institution that is recognised by the Caribbean Council of Legal Education.

Upon successful completion of the programme, candidates are awarded a Legal Education Certificate entitling them to practise law in the Bahamas.^[4]

See also

• University of the West Indies
• Legal education
• Law degree
• List of law schools
• Caribbean Law Institute

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Notes and References

1. Web site: The Schools. Council of Legal Education. 2019-02-12.
2. Web site: 23 May 2013 . Welcome to the Eugene Dupuch Law School . 7 January 2018 . EugeneDupuchLaw.edu.bs.
3. News: Sir Arthur Foulkes . 15 September 2011 . Remembering the Life of Eugene Dupuch . Caribbean Journal . Arthur Foulkes.
4. Web site: 2 Year Programme. 25 April 2013. EugeneDupuchLaw.edu.bs. 7 January 2018.