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Rex H. McKay, SC

Jamela A. Ali

M. Muntaz Ali

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Jamela A. Ali Attorney at Law Guyana

Admitted to practise as an Attorney-at-Law before the Courts of Guyana on the 12 October 1989

Educational Data

Master of Laws (LLM) Degree

Master of Laws (LL.M.) Legislative Drafting degree - University of the West Indies, Barbados, 1996 - 1997. The degree included Public Law courses of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law

Legal Education Certificate (LEC)

Post Graduate Legal Education Certificate (LEC) - Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) Trinidad, 1987 - 1989

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (HONS) Degree

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree with Honours in 1987 - University of Guyana (UG) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill, Barbados

Law and Society Course - University of Guyana 1982 - 1983

Bachelor of Arts (Part 1) - Modern Languages - French, Spanish, Linguistics, University of Guyana 1980 - 1981

Advanced Course in French - Alliance Française, Guyana, 1980

St. Joseph’s High School - GCE

Attended St. Joseph’s High School, Guyana and graduated with a SJM Distinction Diploma and the General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE) London - seven subjects 1978

Work Experience

Lawyer Private Practice

Ms. Jamela A. Ali has been offering legal services as an Attorney at Law in Private Practice at the Guyana Bar, individually and in association with Mr. Rex H. McKay, S.C. and her father Mr. M. Muntaz Ali Attorney-at-Law (now deceased) from 2002 to present.

Trade Mark Agent

Ms. Jamela A. Ali is a Trade Mark Agent in Guyana. Services offered include Searches, Registration of Local and International Trade Marks, Assignments, Change of Names and Addresses.

Mediator & Mediation Trainer

Ms. Jamela A. Ali is a trained Mediator providing mediation services. She is the President of the Mediation Institute of Guyana Inc.

Legislative Drafting

Ms. Jamela A. Ali provides services with regard to the drafting and review of legislation.

Attorney General’s Chambers Guyana

Ms. Jamela A. Ali was employed as a State Counsel, Senior Legal Adviser, Principal Legal Adviser and Principal Parliamentary Counsel at the Attorney General’s Chambers, Guyana from November 1989 to April 2002. While at the AG’s Chambers, she was responsible for a wide range of duties.     

Positions presently held

Mediation Institute of Guyana

President - Mediation Institute of Guyana Inc. (MIG). Elected on the 8 June 2011 at its AGM

Director - Mediation Institute of Guyana Inc. Elected on the 24 May 2010

Member of the MIG - 2008

Guyana Association of Women Lawyers

Executive Committee Member - elected annually from 2008 to 2012

Member of the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL)

Guyana Bar Association

Member of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA)

American and Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI)

Member of ACLI in 2009

Legal Consultant – CIOG

Legal Consultant - Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) providing voluntary legal services since 2003

Legal Adviser - Nacosa

Legal Adviser to NACOSA (National Committee of Sisters’ Affairs) the Ladies’ Arm of CIOG since 2005

Positions formerly held

Guyana Bar Association - Elected Executive Committee Member 2002 -2003

Adoption of Children Board – Member 1993 - 1996

National Commission for the Survival, Protection and Development of Children – Member 1995 - 1997 

Guyana Gold Board – Member 1996 -1997

Employment and Training Bureau for Unskilled Women - Founding Member/Legal Adviser. Established under the patronage of the former Minister of Human Services and Social Security Mrs. Indra Chanderpaul 1996 - 2001

Public Service Union Sports Management Committee Chairperson, Vice Chairperson 1992-93

Law Conferences/Workshops

Ms. Jamela Ali attended conferences, workshops and meetings in Guyana, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Chile, Guatemala, Las Vegas and Trinidad on Human Rights, Domestic Violence, Children, Women, Gender Equality, US Intellectual Patent & Trademark Intellectual Property Rights, International Best Practices in the Practice of Law, review of the proposed Bill for Legal Practitioners Act of Guyana, the proposed draft Rules of the High Court, Competition Law, Reform of the Deeds Registry, Mediation, Negotiations, Dispute Resolution, Restorative Justice, Family Law Court, Customer service training, Financial Sustainability Planning for NGOs and CSO's Visibility & Media Outreach Capacities. See more information

Publications

Ms. Ali has written on Adoption, Constitutional law, Legislative Drafting, Duty to Give Reasons, Law Revision, Legal Practitioners Committee and Mediation, which have been published in the New Guyana Bar Review, Caribbean Law Review, Guyana Chronicle & Stabroek News newspapers. She has also delivered speeches on Constitutional Law Reform, Legislative Drafting, Mediation and laws relating to Children and Women.