Akeelia Richards
The Creative Advocate, Akeelia Richards, is a passionate and adventurous 21-year-old, who blends her love for the law and arts. Hailing from White River, Ocho Rios, she is the last of six children, having three sisters and two brothers. Both she and one of her sisters relocated to St. Catherine and attended
Ardenne High School. During her seven years at Ardenne, she was an active member of the netball team, Debating Society and a member of their 2018 School’s Challenge Quiz Team, who ended the season in third place. Akeelia made a major change in her studies at the Ardenne High School, from pursuing the sciences to pursuing her love for the law. She placed sixth in the Caribbean for CAPE Unit 1 Law and fifth in the Caribbean for CAPE Unit 2 Law. A clear indication and confirmation for her that she had made the right choice. Three years later she earned her Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and has done so with a track record of excellence. Throughout, she attained awards such as Faculty of Law Top Full- Time Year 1 and Year 2 student, 6 semesters on the Dean’s List. Top Performer for Law of Torts I and II, Law and Legal System, Criminal Law II and Administrative Law. Her humanitarian heart won her the coveted crown of Miss Law in 2020. After this, she went on to serve as the Mona Law Society’s Vice President for the academic year 2021-2022. Simultaneously, over the years she has honed her talents in creative writing and ideation. From writing poems in her past time to writing professionally with Dancehall Mag, the TeenAGE Observer, and to have also dabbled in script writing and creative direction with the dancehall production house, YGF Records. Akeelia is presently an attorney-in-training at the Norman Manley Law School and an Adjunct Tutor at the Faculty of Law at The UWI Mona. When she’s away from her vocation, she can be found by the beach, on a road trip, reading, listening to music or spending time with her siblings. Guided by the motto, “Live while you’re alive,” for her every day is an adventure, journeying on and impacting lives. Akeelia graduates with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours.
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