Former Midhirst Primary and Stratford High pupil admitted to bar
By Ilona HanneNews director Lower North Island communities·Stratford Press·
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Save Jake Buckthought was admitted to the bar last month.
A former Stratford High and Midhirst Primary pupil has qualified as a lawyer.
Jake Buckthought was formally admitted to the bar in the New Plymouth High Court last month as a barrister and solicitor.
Jake, who studied at Waikato University grew up on a dairy farm in Midhirst.
He says
he then took a few different courses before settling on law, a degree he completed in 2018.
This year, Jake completed the next stage of his professional legal studies enabling him to qualify for admittance to the bar.