Victoria Stephens is the Marshall Diel & Myers Ltd Legal Scholarship Award recipient for 2017.

The law firm announced that Ms Stephens will receive $15,000 to assist with the cost of pursuing her legal studies.

William Finnerty will also receive a bursary from MDM in the sum of $5,000.

Adam Richards, managing director at MDM, said: “Victoria is extremely intelligent, articulate and astute. I have no doubt that she has a bright future ahead of her and we are delighted to be assisting her in achieving her career goals.”

Ms Stephens graduated from the Graduate LLB Programme at the University of Exeter this summer, and will go back to Exeter in September to complete the LPC/LLM in professional legal practice at the University of Law.

She then looks forward to returning to Bermuda to pursue her legal career.

Ms Stephens said: “I am very grateful to MDM for awarding me their scholarship, and will work hard to represent the firm to the best of my abilities.

“The island is very fortunate to have a firm which is so committed to assisting Bermudian law students, not only financially, but also in obtaining valuable work experience which provides a true insight into what the legal profession in Bermuda is really like.”

Mr Finnerty is a Saltus alumni and is entering the third and final year of his studies at the University of Exeter where he is an active peer tutor for the law school. At home, he is the director of membership and mentoring at the Law Students’ Association of Bermuda and has kick-started a mentoring programme targeted at preparing high school students for law school and the legal profession generally.

This is his third consecutive year he has received support from MDM, having received the scholarship award in each of the past two years. After completing his LLB, he will undertake the LPC in London and return to Bermuda where he intends to practise law.

For more information on opportunities for students, including summer positions, pupillages and the annual scholarship, please visit the website at http://www.law.bm/law-students-2/ or e-mail Martine Purssell at Martine.Purssell@law.bm