“A New Voice at the Bar: 22-Year-Old Tyler Orderson Admitted to Practice”

On November 5, 2026, the legal profession gained another young advocate when 22-year-old Tyler Orderson was admitted to the local Bar by the Honorable Madam Justice Nicola Pierre. This ceremony marked the culmination of five years of intense study and grueling practical training in the law. However, as the newly admitted attorney remarked upon entering the profession, “the work is now beginning.”

Like many members of the legal profession, Tyler Orderson’s interest in the law originated and blossomed while at school. Whilst attending Marian Academy for primary and secondary education, Orderson participated in various competitions and clubs that spurred his fascination with oral advocacy and community engagement. However, it was while reading the Guinness Book of World Records one afternoon in the school’s library that his passion for the law truly took root. In that particular volume, Guyanese legend and Queen’s Counsel, the late Sir Lionel Luckhoo, was recognized as the “most successful lawyer” in the world with a string of 245 successive murder acquittals. In that moment, Orderson knew that he wanted to pursue such excellence. This desire was further compounded after he was assigned the famous Harper Lee novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ for English Literature reading in third form; Orderson adopted the celebrated (albeit fictional) attorney, Atticus Finch, as a personal role model for championing the causes of others, even when doing so was difficult.

It was this passion for achieving excellence that led him to pursue studies in History at the University of Guyana where, after attaining a 4.0 GPA in his first year of study, he transferred to the Bachelor of Laws Programme at 17 years old. Three years later, he graduated with his LL.B. and was offered a place to study for his Legal Education Certificate at the Eugene Dupuch Law School (“EDLS”) in The Bahamas. While at law school, Orderson was introduced to the finer points of courtroom advocacy and what it meant to truly serve the administration of justice and those affected by it. Throughout his first year of study, he participated in several workshops and observed competitions among the region’s three law schools. During the summer between his first and second years at EDLS, he interned at the Stacy Goodings Law Office where he interacted with various matters affecting the Guyanese public. Further, while in his final year at law school, he represented EDLS in the Margaret Forte Regional Mock Trial Competition wherein an entire (simulated) criminal trial was conducted in a day. This was in addition to his Family Law work at the Law School’s Legal Aid Clinic. Nevertheless, these opportunities were not sufficient for the young lawyer and, while awaiting the results of his final year examinations, Orderson participated in a five-week long internship at Guyana’s highest appellate court, the Caribbean Court of Justice.