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23-year-old black lady becomes the first blind Lawyer in UK, shines across the world

A 23-year-old lady named Jessika Inaba has become the first-ever black and blind person to become a lawyer in the United Kingdom.

Jessika Inaba, from Camden, North London made history as the first black and blind barrister in Britain. She qualified after she completed a five-year Law degree at the University of London, United Kingdom.

Jessika said she was able to complete her entire course using Braille, a form of written language for blind people, in which characters are represented by patterns of raised dots that are felt with the fingertips along with help from friends and tutors.

She started her accelerated law degree in September 2017 at the University of London before starting a master’s degree two years later alongside a professional training course. Jessika was immediately called to the United Kingdom Bar joining the few blind and black women to qualify as a barrister in the world.

Jessika is completely blind due to an eye condition called Bilateral microphthalmia, where babies are born with smaller-than-usual eyes. She had often thought about giving up because of her condition, but she persevered believing it was possible to achieve her goal.

“I always believed in myself from the start there’s nothing about me which means this isn’t possible,” Jessika said. “I know I can do this job really well, and the more people like me who go through training the easier it will become,” she added.

She mentioned that she faced racist attitudes during the course of her degree when prison officials repeatedly assumed she was a visiting relative rather than a lawyer coming to interview a client.

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