Delay is not denial: Lady Shares Inspiring Story Of How She Pursued Law for 11yrs before finally Graduating

A young lady identified as Edialeda Jones has shared a motivational story of how she pursued law for 11 years before finally achieving her dreams. 

Jones while sharing her story in a Facebook post said she began studying law in 2011 and finished her first degree in 2015. Adding that she failed her first entrance exam in an attempt to get into law school

She then decided to travel to the states to do her masters of law but unfortunately for her, she got denied a visa twice. 

According to her, after she was denied, she decided to write the entrance exam again, and this time, luck found her, and she got admitted in 2016. 

To add to her previous ordeal, she failed four papers and had to repeat her course. At that time, she had just delivered a baby and had to juggle the stress of having a baby and the academic stress she was already going through. 

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But she did not relent and kept pursuing her dreams. She made a decision to defer till 2020 to get her mind in the right state as she could not afford to fail one more time. 

She got back to school in 2020 and wrote six papers. She failed two and had to resit them. 

Finally, in 2021 after failing some more, she managed to pass all her papers and found herself on the enrollment list. 

On June 24, 2022, a delighted Jones thought she was dreaming when she was called to the bar. 

Her facebook post reads:

It is the story of how I started pursuing academic excellence and a career in Law. For 11 years, it felt like a dream that would never come to pass. It has been 6years of countless adrenaline rush and fear at the thought of a pending examination results.

• I started studying Law in 2011 and finished my first degree in 2015.
• I failed my first attempt at the entrance exam to law school.
• I decided to go do my LLM in US. I applied and got all supporting documents. I went for the visa interview and got denied. 6 months later I tried again and still got denied visa.
• A day after the denial, I wrote the entrance exam again and got admission in 2016.
• I wrote my first Bar exam in 2017 and failed 4 papers which meant all the 6 I passed were wasted and I needed to repeat the course. I had now delivered my daughter through C.S and faced postpartum depression alone and secretly so I deferred the course in 2018.
• I was going through a painful separation but decided to try again. A week to the Bar exam, I received a petition for divorce which broke me all over again.
• I knew I had to defer again to 2020 because I knew another failure would ruin me forever.
• I went back to law school again in 2020. I was bitter, sad and hurt but I still went anyway.
• I wrote my first 6 papers and failed 2.
• In 2021 I resat the 2 failed papers with the 4 I had to write that year. I failed 2 again out of the 6 papers.
• This year, March 2022, I resat the 2 papers I failed.
• I passed and found my name in the enrollment list.

“June 24, 2022 became the day I was called to the Bar. Until I was handed my certificate, I was still waiting and expecting probably to see my name no longer on the list.

“Today it still feels like a dream. I reached the point where I thought it was probably not meant for me but still knew until I am breathless, I couldnt stop pursuing.

“I just want to inspire you reading today. If you think you’ve struggled too much, just hold on and don’t give up.

“Delay is not denial.“

Her amazing life story had peeps applauding her resistance and strife for greatness as they congratulated her.

Below are a few:

Phebe Havor said: OMG!!! God indeed who watches over us does not slumber nor sleep!! The hand of God is so evident! Thank you so much for this Edialeda Jones. It has encouraged me so much. This is clearly a testimony of “Wait on God”! Congratulations!

Stella Amaaba Kintoh said: Hmmm…. we thank God for a beautiful ending! I pray that God will restore you in every way including your joy, peace and strength…. God has got you dear💪congratulations !!!🥰🥳💃

Christiana Juliana said: Well done girl. You fought a good fight. God continue to be with you always. Sending you hugs🥰 Congratulations

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