Osarieme Omonuwa earned one of the First Class passes at the Bar final examinations out of 6, 883 students that sat for the examinations.
Consequently, she bagged a total of six prizes at the November 26, 2014
graduation ceremony, underlining her academic excellence in her chosen
legal profession.
The six prizes won by Miss Omonuwa include the Clarks Legal Prize for
best performance in Part 2; Equity and Trust, presented by David
Rintoul; the Managing Partner, Keith Wright Memorial Prize for best
overall performance in Part 2; the Shoosmiths Prize for best overall
performance in Part 2; and, the Boinime Jackson Lott Foundation Prize.
The Edo State-born Osarieme Omonuwa not only came to the Law school
with a University of Reading, England, First Class Degree in Law, but
also emerged as the very first Nigerian to graduate in the Bar final
examinations from overseas with a First Class, BL degree – a feat in the
51-year existence of the Nigerian Law school.
She was the only graduate of all the admitted Nigerians from overseas
who scaled the hurdles at the examinations with a First Class pass.
Reporting on her rare academic performance in 2013, THISDAY noted that
Osarieme Anita Omonuwa bagged a First Class degree in Law at Reading
University in the United Kingdom with exceptional brilliance and
subsequently bagging many prizes.
Omonuwa, then 20, also received the 2012 prestigious “Chancellor's
Award” of the university for her outstanding academic performance.
By the exceptional academic feat, she became the first black woman to win the Reading University Chancellor's Award.
By the exceptional academic feat, she became the first black woman to win the Reading University Chancellor's Award.
The chancellor of the university, Sir John Madejski, on the occasion of
the award presentation , described Omonuwa as “representative of our
brightest and best students”.
Like a harbinger of her uncommon academic glory in law, she had three years earlier, in 2010, earned the Reading University Scholarship Award for academic excellence and won recognition as the overall best in the International Foundation Programme.
Like a harbinger of her uncommon academic glory in law, she had three years earlier, in 2010, earned the Reading University Scholarship Award for academic excellence and won recognition as the overall best in the International Foundation Programme.
In 2012, Anita’s academic awards haul included the Clarks Legal Prize
for the best performance in Part 2 Equity and Trust, presented by David
Rintoul, Managing Partner, Clarks Legal LLP; Keith Wright Memorial Prize
for best overall performance in Part 2; and Shoosmiths Prize for best
overall performance in Part 2.
In May 2013, she was at Shoosmiths LLP, UK to do a day’s internship in
the Employment Department and in June, stretched her internship drive
into Construction Law. The latter experience enabled her to understand
hardcore legal issues including the intricacies of construction
contracts and the inevitable consequences of breaching agreed terms
while at the Clarks Legal LLP.
Daughter of Mr. Omoruyi Augustine Omonuwa, is a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN) and holder of national honour, had shown great promise at a
very tender age when in her kindergarten days at Our Lady of Apostles
School, Benin-City, she finished as the best KG pupil and had a free
uniform as a “motivational prize”. She also won the 2003 Bournvita Award
for overall primary school performance at the school.
Moreover, Anita won the 2008/2009 Certificate of Merit of the
Igbinedion Education Centre in Benin-City as the over-all best
graduating student in Accounting, English, Yoruba, Computer Science,
Biology, Literature, Government, Economics, Foods and Nutrition.
Although, her excellence and subsequent sterling performance in England
was then seen as the crowning of her intelligence and confirmation of
her mental capacity, the latest laurel at the Nigerian Law School
confirms Anita as an academic genius.
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