The Caribbean Law Institute (CLI) was established in 1988 under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development to promote such activities that would further clarify the laws affecting trade, commerce and investment in the Region, while at the same time respecting the unique needs of local jurisdictions.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government have asked that an interim report on the most urgent matters affecting Legal Education in the Caribbean be submitted to them in time for consideration at their Ninth Interssesional Meeting in March 1998.
This Report will be compiled by a committee of experts to be appointed by CARICOM Chairman, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Rt. Hon. Percival Patterson. Mr Patterson is consulting with the appropriate individuals and organisations before naming the committee.