Cheryl A. Richards, B.A. (Hons.), LLB. (Hons.) Certificate in Legal Education, International Diploma in Compliance, Certificate in International Trust Management
Ms. Cheryl Richards obtained a B.A. (History and Social Sciences) with Honours from the University of the West Indies. Later she obtained an LLB. with Honours from the University of the West Indies. She attended the Norman Manley Law School where she obtained the Legal Education Certificate. After graduating from the Norman Manley Law School Ms. Richards left Jamaica to work in the British Virgin Islands and was called to the British Virgin Islands Bar in 2004.
While in the British Virgin Islands Ms. Richards was the Assistant Corporate Manager for a medium-sized BVI Trust Company. She also worked as an Associate Attorney in a law firm in the BVI. She later worked at another medium-sized trust company in the BVI as a Legal Counsel for the BVI office and the Compliance Officer for the Cayman Islands Office.
While in the BVI Ms. Richards attained the International Diploma in Compliance from the International Compliance Association and the University of Manchester Business School, Great Britain and the Certificate in International Trust Management (with Distinction) from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the University of Manchester Business School, Great Britain.
Ms. Richards has a history of volunteerism and service and also has an interest in research and writing. While completing her Bachelor of Arts degree, she was selected to take part in a Foreign Study Program and attended St. Peter’s College, at Oxford University in England where she conducted research on the 1997 General Elections in Great Britain. While completing the first year of her Bachelor of Laws degree at Mona, she was selected as the Secretary of her Cell Group of the UWI/IBM Quality Leadership Program and selected for an Educational/Cultural tour of Costa Rica.
While completing her Bachelor of Laws degree in Cave Hill, Barbados, she worked as a Research Assistant for two of her lecturers. While studying at the Norman Manley Law School she worked as a Research Assistant for an attorney-at-law, a Legal Intern in the Attorney General’s Chambers, a Legal Intern with the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies Project in association with the Westminster Law School, United Kingdom at the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights in Kingston, and a Legal Intern in the Judicial Clerkship Programme at the Supreme Court, Kingston.
While attending Norman Manley Law School she was a member of the Environmental Law Society, participated in the Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) Mentorship Programme where she acted as the mentor, the National Initiative on Street Children, and the Human Rights Committee.
Ms. Cheryl Richards obtained a B.A. (History and Social Sciences) with Honours from the University of the West Indies. Later she obtained an LLB. with Honours from the University of the West Indies. She attended the Norman Manley Law School where she obtained the Legal Education Certificate. After graduating from the Norman Manley Law School Ms. Richards left Jamaica to work in the British Virgin Islands and was called to the British Virgin Islands Bar in 2004.
While in the British Virgin Islands Ms. Richards was the Assistant Corporate Manager for a medium-sized BVI Trust Company. She also worked as an Associate Attorney in a law firm in the BVI. She later worked at another medium-sized trust company in the BVI as a Legal Counsel for the BVI office and the Compliance Officer for the Cayman Islands Office.
While in the BVI Ms. Richards attained the International Diploma in Compliance from the International Compliance Association and the University of Manchester Business School, Great Britain and the Certificate in International Trust Management (with Distinction) from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the University of Manchester Business School, Great Britain.
Ms. Richards has a history of volunteerism and service and also has an interest in research and writing. While completing her Bachelor of Arts degree, she was selected to take part in a Foreign Study Program and attended St. Peter’s College, at Oxford University in England where she conducted research on the 1997 General Elections in Great Britain. While completing the first year of her Bachelor of Laws degree at Mona, she was selected as the Secretary of her Cell Group of the UWI/IBM Quality Leadership Program and selected for an Educational/Cultural tour of Costa Rica.
While completing her Bachelor of Laws degree in Cave Hill, Barbados, she worked as a Research Assistant for two of her lecturers. While studying at the Norman Manley Law School she worked as a Research Assistant for an attorney-at-law, a Legal Intern in the Attorney General’s Chambers, a Legal Intern with the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies Project in association with the Westminster Law School, United Kingdom at the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights in Kingston, and a Legal Intern in the Judicial Clerkship Programme at the Supreme Court, Kingston.
While attending Norman Manley Law School she was a member of the Environmental Law Society, participated in the Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) Mentorship Programme where she acted as the mentor, the National Initiative on Street Children, and the Human Rights Committee.