Name: Kimbely Yearwood
Date of Birth: 20 December, 1988
Profession: Attorney-at-Law Schooling
1992-1994 Attended the Vergenoegen Nursery School
1994- 1999 Attended the Philadelphia Primary School
1999-2006 Attended the St. Roses’s High School
2006-2007 Attended the MicroGraphics Computer School
2007- 2011 Attended the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus
2011-2013 Attended the Hugh Wooding Law School
Academic Achievements
1999 Second Place in the GUYAID National Under 12 Essay Competition
2005 Successfully completed 9 subjects at Caribbean Secondary Examination Council Examinations
2006 Successfully completed four subjects at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (Module 1)
2007 Graduated from the MicroGraphics Computer School with a Diploma (A) in Micro Computer Studies
2008 Successfully completed one year studies in Sociology at the University of Guyana with a 3.8 GPA. 2011 Graduated from the University of Guyana with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Distinction)
2013 Graduated from the Hugh Wooding Law School and awarded the Legal Education Certificate
2018 Attended and participated in an Arbitration course with the CIArb at the Caricom Secretariat.
Experience
2007 Worked in the Personnel Department at the Uitvlugt, GUYSUCO Estate.
2009 Volunteered teaching English and Social-Studies at the Vergenoegen Community High School.
2012 Ten weeks internship at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
2013- 2016 Private practice as an attorney-at-law engaging in civil matters in the Magistrates’ Courts and the High Court and criminal matters (prosecuting and defending) in the Magistrates’ Courts and defending in the High Court.
2016-2019 Legal Officer/senior prosecutor/ legal advisor/Head of Legal Unit at the Ministry of Social Protection.
2018 Delegate at the twenty-third CARICOM Senior Officials of the Legal Advisory Committee (SOLAC)
Present Legal Officer- Ethnic Relations Commission Social Member of the Salvation Army Church.
Former member of the Salvation Army divisional youth planning committee.
Offers pro bono legal advice to community members Composes poems and songs at no cost for social activities
