The Norman Manley Law School is located on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, yet it is a distinct and separate institution.
[2] It is a 700 square metres (7,500 sq ft), two-storey reinforced concrete block masonry building; construction was finished in 1975.
It was badly damaged by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988; a clerestory window broke and let the wind into the building, placing significant uplift pressure on the roof deck.
[4] In July 2008, former Deputy Solicitor General Stephen Vasciannie was appointed principal of NMLS, succeeding Keith Sobion who had died some months before.
[5] In November 2012, Carol Aina was appointed principal following Vasciannie's departure to take up the post of Jamaica's ambassador to the United States.