Tag: Truman Bodden Law School
Deadline this week for full-time law programme
(CNS Local Life): Students have until Friday, 30 August, to apply for admission to a new full-time LLM Master of Laws and Postgraduate Diploma in International Finance at Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS), after two years of the programme being taught part-time. Applications for the September start of the one-year programme are being accepted from […]
Law school lecturer presents research in HK
(CNS Local Life): Laura Panades, LLM course leader at the Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS), presented her research on Cayman Islands law at an international conference in Hong Kong, China, held last month. The three-day conference, “Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalising World”, focused on good governance and compliance in complex regulatory […]
Law school offers master’s degree for international students
(CNS Local Life): After two years, and with the first graduation under the programme set for later this year, the LLM-Master of Laws in International Finance degree course at Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) is opening fulltime and now available to students from overseas, in addition to Caymanian nationals and local residents. The deadline for […]
US judge lectures at Truman Bodden Law School
(CNS Local Life): University of Liverpool alumna and US District Court Judge, Wendy Beetlestone, travelled to the Cayman Islands earlier this month to deliver a lecture to staff and students at Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS). Judge Beetlestone graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in philosophy in 1984, and went on to […]
Truman Bodden Law School adds lecturers
(CNS Local Life): The Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) has added four lecturers to its staff: Marc Johnson, Kerry Lewis, Andrew Perkins and Derek O’Brien, who all bring with them teaching and professional experience from the UK, coming to Cayman from Bristol, Wales, London and Oxford, respectively.
Law school lecturer named to academic journal
(CNS Local Life): Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) LLM course leader Laura Panades has been appointed country correspondent for the Cayman Islands for a leading academic journal. The European Procurement & Public-Private Partnerships Law Review (EPPPL) is a top-ranked academic journal, “highly commended for the quality of its publications”, stated a TBLS press release.
Deadline nears for law school courses
(CNS Local Life): The deadline is approaching to apply to two postgraduate programmes in international finance at Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS). Students have until 31 August to submit applications for the LLM in International Finance: Law and Regulation and the postgraduate diploma in International Finance: Law and Regulation, both of which start in September.
Law school founding director dies
(CNS Local Life): Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) founding director Peter Rowe died 2 June 2018. Rowe accepted the role of director when invited to assist in establishing the school, originally known as the Cayman Islands Law School, by then-Minister of Education Truman Bodden.
Law school moot team competes in Vienna
(CNS Local Life): The moot team from the Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) has recently competed in the 25th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. Second-year students Aliana Dodds, Oneka Thompson and Romina Kape took part, accompanied by their coach, Andrew Woodcock.
Applications open for law school programmes
(CNS Local Life): Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) is now accepting applications to join the second intake of students for one of two postgraduate programmes which were introduced in September 2017. The programmes lead to qualifications awarded by the University of Liverpool, UK – the LLM in International Finance: Law and Regulation and the postgraduate […]
Law students take part in US-Caribbean moot competition
(CNS Local Life): Four Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) students recently participated in the Caribbean Law Clinic (CLC) organised by the American-Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI) and hosted by Florida International University (FIU), Miami. TBLS director Mitchell Davies joined second- and third-year students Monica Zakhari, Hadleigh Roberts, Michael Daoud and Daniella Bodden at the event.
Law school adds two lecturers
(CNS Local Life): The Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) has recently appointed two new lecturers. Scott Atkins will lecture on contract, commercial and trusts law for the law school’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Michael Bromby will lecture undergraduates on evidence and employment law. TBLS director Mitchell Davies said of the appointments, “We are fortunate to […]
Space still available for new law school courses
(CNS Local Life): Applications are still being accepted to enrol in one of the two new programmes at Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) – the master of laws (LLM) and postgraduate diploma in international finance: law and regulation – set to begin in September. Directed at Caymanian nationals and residents, the courses will initially be […]
Law school to offer new degree
(CNS Local Life): The Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) is set to introduce a master of laws (LLM) degree in international finance law and regulation in September 2017. The programme will cover topics including international finance, banking regulation, international insolvency, choice of law and public-private partnerships. Directed initially at Cayman Islands nationals and residents, the […]
Law school lecturer presents research in Brussels
(CNS Local Life): After presenting her latest research paper on labour regulation clauses in public procurement to a conference in Brussels, Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) lecturer Laura Panades, an expert in public-private partnerships, has been selected to inform the European Parliament’s policy agenda for 2016-17. Panades is the course leader of the master of […]
Law students take part in Caribbean legal clinic
(CNS Local Life): Four representatives from the Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) recently participated in the Caribbean Law Clinic (CLC), organised by the American and Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI). The Cayman contingent comprised the school’s director of legal studies, Mitchell Davies, and three law students, Craig Thomas, Everton Spence and Danny Shebaclo. The Nova South […]
Law student takes part in overseas legal event
(CNS): The Truman Bodden Law School (TBLS) was one of eight schools from the Caribbean and the US to attend a recent Caribbean Law Clinic. Third-year student Matthew Yassa represented TBLS at the four-day event, which ended 15 November and was hosted by the Charlotte School of Law in the US.
Law school accolades for police
(CNS): Four RCIPS officers were recognised at the recent Truman Bodden Law School graduation ceremony, for either completing courses or receiving degrees. Constable Brandaughn Phillips and Sergeant Sharon Lewis earned University of Liverpool Bachelor of Laws full-time and part-time degrees, respectively. Superintendent Angelique Howell (commendation) and Constable Harvel Grant (distinction) were recognised for completing the Professional Practice […]
