Another young Berbician admitted to the Bar

Monique Ramsaran of Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam was recently admitted to the Bar. The petition for the 23- year- old lawyer was made by Attorney-at-Law, Ramesh Rajkumar to the Hon. Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Berbice Supreme Court of Judicature.
She attended St. Aloysius Primary, after which she pursued secondary education at the President’s College, where she obtained nine passes at the CSEC Exams. She graduated with her Bachelor of Law Degree at the University of Guyana (UG) after which she obtained her Legal Education Certificate at the Hugh Wooding Law School this past September.


Becoming a lawyer, she said, “has always been a dream of mine, since I was a little girl…I always used to tell my father that I wanted to become a lawyer and today I am living that dream.”
Ramsaran said that she also has a lot of fun watching the legal dramas on television, including ‘Suits’ and ‘Criminal Minds.’
She stated that coping with the studies was “very interesting.” “You meet new people, and yes, there were struggles— everyone has their own financial struggles—and I must say that my parents worked very hard to support me.” The young lawyer said that she plans to specialize in dealing with civil cases. “At this point, I’m not sure, but I would like to give back to New Amsterdam, if the opportunity is presented; however, if the opportunity is not presented, I will go to Georgetown.”
Having so many women who have recently entered the judiciary, she said, “is a good thing…we need to empower women…to show that women are equally as capable as men!”
Being fully aware of the state of Guyana’s judiciary, especially with the present back-log of cases, Ramsaran said that “I will try my best to uphold the ethics of the profession and to be guided by the Code of Conduct—that is my goal; to do the best I can and always be determined to get the job done.”
For her successes, she thanked her grandmother, Ismay; Hilda Sulker as well as her parents, Brian and Gloria as well as her siblings and friends.