Tongan law graduates to join legal training programme [1]
Thursday, July 20, 2023 - 22:39
Ten graduates will be undertaking the Professional Diploma in Legal Practice (PDLP) Programme, at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Tonga Campus.
They will join an intensive 22-week practical legal training programme for admission as lawyers.
Campus Director Dr Robin Havea said, “The students are very eager to jump straight into the PDLP programme to continue the next phase of their legal career”.
He said that the USP Tonga Campus offered support and assistance to the students throughout the programme.
Most of the students in this cohort have just completed their Bachelor of Law degree in the first semester of this year.
The Module instructors for the PDLP Programme 2023 are Ms Rose Kautoke and Ms Akanesi E Katoa from the Attorney General’s Office in Tonga, together with USP law lecturers Ms Barbara Malimali, and Ms Anuleshni Neelta.