Small in stature but big in heart – that’s how those familiar with newly-appointed Chief Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh describe him.

As TT’s ninth CJ settles into his new role, the schools that helped shape him are celebrating one of their own who has never forgotten his roots.

When Boodoosingh was sworn in on October 22 by acting President Wade Mark, less than 24 hours after the retirement announcement of his predecessor, Justice Ivor Archie, there was a quiet but palpable pride in the Sewlal Trace, Pepper Village and Fyzabad communities where he was born and raised, as well as in classrooms that helped build the man behind the robe.