Mr. Shane Pantin
BA LLB LEC LLM
He is a graduate of The University of the West Indies, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Hons) in History and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons). He attended Hugh Wooding Law School, obtaining his Legal Education Certificate (LEC), and further pursued his studies at the University of London, earning a Master of Laws (LLM) degree, specialising in Financial Services Law. He was admitted to practise in 2017. He has diverse legal experience, having worked at the Caribbean Court of Justice, the Solicitor General’s Department of the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs, and in private practice at Richard Sirjoo & Co. Currently, he serves as Judicial Research Counsel at the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Degrees:
- BA (Hons)
- LLB (Hons)
- LEC
- LLM Specialization in Financial Services Law
Teaching Interests:
- His research and teaching interests encompass Legal Writing and Research, Contract Law, and Tort Law. He also maintains a strong interest in the social and political history of Trinidad and Tobago, the wider Caribbean, and global history.
Research Interest:
- My research interests focus on emerging and evolving areas of law, particularly the integration of Artificial Intelligence into legal systems and its wider applications across other fields.
Book chapters/Contributions in edited volumes:
1. Shane J Pantin, ‘Good Governance and Economic Reconfiguration: Policy Responses in Trinidad and Tobago to the COVID-19 Pandemic’ in Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic (University of the West Indies Press, Mona 2023)
2. Shane J Pantin, ‘Water in the City: The Water Riot of 1903’ in In the Fires of Hope: Essays on the Modern History of Trinidad and Tobago (Ian Randle, Kingston 2016)
Edited books / authored books:
1. Shane J Pantin and Jerome Teelucksingh (eds), Regional Discourses on Society and History (Peter Lang, New York 2020)
2. Shane J Pantin, ‘Regional Integration and the Problems of Caribbean and National History’ in Shane J Pantin and Jerome Teelucksingh (eds), Ideology, Regionalism, and Society in Caribbean History (Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland 2017)
3. Shane J Pantin and Dexnell GL Peters, The Guild of Students at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, 1962–2012 (University of the West Indies Press, Mona 2013)