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For a Desautels alumna, the road to the Bermuda Bar was a bumpy ride

Published: 28 June 2017

Alexis Haynes (BCom'08) had a degree from Desautels and a plan. Then life got in the way: in quick succession, her sister and father both fell sick, and her mother suffered a seizure that required brain surgery. Ms. Haynes fought through the stress to finish her first year of law school in England, and though her mother gradually recovered, her father passed away from his illness. Ms. Haynes nevertheless completed a postgraduate diploma and a Masters in international legal practice with distinction. Back home in Bermuda, she dedicated her Call to the Bar to her father, who she said had pushed her to realize her goals.

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