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‘It feels like coming home’: lawyer and equality rights champion Sandie Okoro OBE shares her memories of growing up and of Birmingham.

Growing up

I grew up in Balham in London in the late s and s.

I was fascinated by TV courtroom drama Crown Court, I watched it most days after school.

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London – Standard Chartered (the Group) today announced the appointment of Dr. Sandie Okoro as Group General Counsel.

So, when my teacher asked my class what we wanted to be when we grew up, I said I wanted to be a judge. She told me ‘I’m sorry, Sandie, but little black girls from Balham don’t become judges.’ I decided, “Well, they will now; I’m going to do it”.

Choosing Birmingham – and getting onto the right course

I realised early on the importance of going to a very good university to study law, because it’s your foundation for how you analyse things and for developing your critical thinking.

Birmingham was on my shortlist of universities because I knew it had a very good law school and as soon as I saw the beautiful campus I applied.

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