GOLDING

New and returning students of the Norman Manley Law School, University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on Tuesday, got the opportunity to network with some of the most prominent professionals in the legal fraternity.

Stephen Vasciannie, principal of the law school, was also present at a luncheon hosted in the students' honour at the Hilton Kingston hotel, New Kingston.

Among the guests were Chief Justice Zaila McCalla; Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn; Justice Lensley Wolfe and attorney-at-law Valerie Neita-Robinson.

Guest speaker, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, credited the school for producing some of the country's finest attorneys. He specifically noted that the nation's current chief justice was a graduate of the school.

"This is a quality institution," Golding said.

He advised students that they should be mindful of the many challenges facing the legal system when they graduated and ventured out into the field to practise.

"It is something you will have to contend with," he said.While imploring the students to work hard to achieve their goals, Golding also urged them to carry out their practice with honesty and integrity.

In addition, the prime minister told students their task was to "preserve the fine tradition of the profession and the principles, which have been enshrined in the law school," for the further advancement of the profession.