Whenever anyone asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, Jinelle Thomas would tell them that she wanted to be a lawyer.
Looking back now, Thomas, 23, who was admitted to bar at the High Court last Tuesday, said it never occurred to her just how “tedious and grueling” the road to making her dream a reality would be.
“…but I embarked upon this journey, nevertheless, with certainty that it was the path that I was meant to trod,” the new attorney said in her speech at the occasion, which she ended by referencing the motto of her former high school, The Bishops’ High. “I stand before this Honorable Court today as a testament that hard work conquers all; labor omnia vincit.”