A former Royal Gazette junior reporter was called to the Bar last week.

Lakilah Spencer currently works as an associate in the litigation department at Conyers Dill & Pearman.

She was called to the Bar on December 14.

Mrs. Spencer, 27, attended Bermuda High School for girls before going to George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania and Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

She received a Bachelor's in Religion from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and spent a semester abroad in Ghana. While attending university, Mrs. Spencer worked at The Royal Gazette as a summer student.

She went on to complete the first year of the LLB at University of Windsor in Canada before doing a Master's in Legal Studies at University of Bristol and a Post Graduate Diploma in Vocational Training for the Bar at BPP Law School in London.

Before returning to Bermuda she was called to the Bar of England and Wales.

She said of her interest in law: "Originally it was because I saw it as a vehicle for effecting positive change in the community."