In his speech to the Royal Court at the Assise d’Héritage yesterday, the Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache, said that the project could turn into a school offering a law degree as well as local qualifications. The idea was backed by Attorney General William Bailhache in his speech to the formal opening ceremony of the legal year, who said proper resources would need to be found. Sir Philip said that the institute could be offering courses from next October. ‘Each member of the profession will have received from the Law Society a consultation paper on the proposed establishment of an institute of law,’ he said. ‘Much work has been done over a lengthy period on this proposal by a number of members of the profession and law students, to all of whom I am very grateful. ‘I hope that, with a fair wind, the institute will be incorporated in the not too distant future and will be offering a course on Jersey law to aspiring advocates and solicitors by October 2008.’
Jersey Evening Post
