Stratford Past Pupils Look Back: Finn Keyes

I left Stratford in 2010 and owe the school a debt not just for propelling me into an excellent further education but more importantly for the great interest and passion the various teachers instilled in me for a diversity of subjects, particularly Classics and English Literature. Special mention has to go to the teachers of those two subjects Ms Donohoe and Ms Reynolds; any student who passes through Stratford cannot help but be struck by the great energy and enthusiasm, perhaps even religious fervour in the case of Ms Donohoe, they bring to bear on their subject. 

Upon graduation I took up a place studying Law at Trinity College, Dublin which I absolutely loved. In my third year of college, I got an exchange place at a U.S Law School in Atlanta, Georgia where I also worked a part-time internship at the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization I first became interested in while researching my history project at Stratford. I returned to complete my degree earlier this year and I have now moved to London to take a Masters Degree at University College, London focusing on Legal Theory and Public Law.

Hereafter the path splinters considerably but my broad intention is to work in the area of Medical Law and perhaps at a later stage, when I am more able to afford it, to go to the King’s Inns and take the Bar. A Law Degree is a far more versatile one than most imagine and opens up doors to careers in Government, Public Policy, Ethics as well as the various areas of law itself and I can happily recommend it to anyone. I wish everyone the best of luck in pursuing whatever opportunities come before you, now and in the future.

Finn Keyes

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