State counsel completes Masters in corporate and commercial law
Senior State Counsel Abigail Gibbs, who is attached to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), has added to her credentials, following the completion of a Masters in Corporate & Commercial Law.
While she loves prosecuting cases, Gibbs has also always had a passion for Corporate Law, and so decided to expand her field of specialization.
Proud, but humbled by her achievement, she shared with this newspaper the zeal of pursuing her goal, despite her already demanding career and becoming a mother, all in the midst of the pandemic.
“Yes, it was work, pregnancy, family and the pandemic [but] I enjoy challenging myself and learning new things,” said the new mother of a bouncing baby girl, who has been balancing it all as a career woman.
Gibbs was conferred with her Masters on October 28th from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
“Abi,” as she is fondly called by those close to her, had previously read for her Legal Law Bachelors LL.B at the UWI from 2012 to 2015 and graduated Upper Second Class.
She then went on to the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) from which she graduated as a trained attorney with her Legal Education Certificate (LEC) in 2017.
It was while at law school that the then-budding attorney fell in-love with prosecuting, having done her mandatory in-service stint with the DPP’s Chambers.
She then joined its employ on October 10th, 2017 where she today serves as a Senior State Counsel.