 ug judged best in the caribbean ug judged best in the caribbean webmaster wed 3272019 1417 representing ug at the ccj law moot competition was reon miller senior counsel cassandra jaikaran junior counsel and shameza david researcher  at debating ccj law moot this year students of the university of guyana ug outshone several other teams from across the caribbean to emerge the best academic institution at the caribbean court of justice ccj s law moot competition the students all of the faculty of law were reon miller senior counsel cassandra jaikaran junior counsel and shameza david researcher former chancellor of the judiciary justice carl singh was the team s adviser it s the first time in the competition s 11 years that ug has won best academic institution miller told the guyana chronicle in an emotional social media post he explained that for about 10 long weeks the team worked to prove to the caribbean community that ug is no back alley institution from the 14hourlong practice sessions and the constant feeling like our argument wasn t good enough two second and a firstyear student beat the odds he shared in addition to copping the best academic institution spot ug took the runnersup spot for the moot competition losing only to this year s winners the hugh wooding law school the guyanese contingent competed against eight teams from different schools across the caribbean hugh wooding law school trinidad tobago norman manley law school jamaica faculty of law of the anton de kom university of suriname faculty of law of the university of the bahamas faculty of law of the university of technology jamaica faculty of law of the university of the west indies cave hill faculty of law of the university of the west indies mona and the faculty of law of the university of the west indies st augustine each of the teams was pitted against the other for one round and guyana faced the uwi mona faculty of law where it emerged victorious the law moot presents an opportunity for students from regional law schools and faculties to have handson courtroom experience at the ccj the ccj s president justice adrian saunders explained to nation news barbados this allows them an opportunity to develop and present their arguments in front of a panel of ccj judges and to use our court management system curia the moot also promotes greater familiarity with the caricom treaty and the original jurisdiction of the court he explained further newsource  http guyanachroniclecom 20190326 ugjudgedbestinthecaribbean ug judged best in the caribbean  