UG law graduate shines at Hugh Wooding, aiming to be agent of social change

Saeed Abdool Hamid

Law student Saeed Abdool Hamid is steadily advancing on his path to becoming an agent of social change, as he pursues a Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, after graduating with high honours from the Hugh Wooding Law School earlier this month.

Abdool graduated from Hugh Wooding on October 7, and was the recipient of several awards to commemorate his model performance at the institute, including The Book Specialist Prize, to mark Best Overall Performance in Academic and Extra-Curricular Activities (the prize was said to have been shared with George Charlemagne); the Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh Prize for Best Performance in the Human Rights Law Clinic; and the Guyana Prize for the Best Overall Performance by a student from Guyana.

He has already embarked on his Master’s programme, which concludes in August of next year.

“…my intention is to