Attorney Keith Beckles, director of studies at K Beckles & Associates, addressed new students at his school’s orientation session on September 12, a release said.
In his address, he spoke about the school’s rich heritage and the work being done by the school’s past students, who he said are making a positive contribution in the development of T&T.
He boasted about the contribution being made by the students within the Magistracy, the office of the DPP, the office of the AG, the UWI and protective services and as legal advisors and corporate secretary in the various conglomerates.
Beckles urged the incoming students to abandon mediocrity, free themselves from the “shackles of laziness and to be in pursuit of excellence at all times.” He said law was a noble profession and they must approach the study of law with the necessary sacrifice, be principled, be focused, and display a sense of integrity.
Also speaking at the orientation was the director of Academic Affairs Dr Janet Stanley-Marcano, guidance officer Ann Maria Alleyne and organisational and development consultant Anthony Watkins.
At the session, it was also revealed that K Beckles & Associates is the only institution in the Caribbean that has been granted permission by the University of London to conduct the Diploma in Law (higher certificate in Common Law), the LLB degree and the LLM degree.