Sandie okoro biography of mahatma

‘It feels like coming home’: lawyer and equality rights champion Sandie Okoro OBE shares her memories of growing up and of Birmingham.

Growing up

I grew up in Balham in London in the late s and s.

Sandie okoro biography of mahatma

I was fascinated by TV courtroom drama Crown Court, I watched it most days after school. So, when my teacher asked my class what we wanted to be when we grew up, I said I wanted to be a judge. She told me ‘I’m sorry, Sandie, but little black girls from Balham don’t become judges.’ I decided, “Well, they will now; I’m going to do it”.

Choosing Birmingham – and getting onto the right course

I realised early on the importance of going to a very good university to study law, because it’s your foundation for how you analyse things and for developing your critical thinking.

Birmingham was on my shortlist of universities because I knew it had a very good law school and as soon as I saw the beautiful campus I applied.

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