BEATRICE CAZEAU, ESQ.
SERVANT OF THE COMMUNITY Written by Shelly-Ann M. Parkinson
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bout a year after completing her undergraduate studies at John Jay College and applying for a position with the Department of Fraud Investigations, Beatrice Cazeau felt a slight nudge on her feet in the wee hours one morning. It was her mother. “Beatrice, what’s the plan?” She was referring to law school. The mother told her daughter that now was the time to apply. While Beatrice believes her first conscious recollection of wanting to become a lawyer occurred in a class called “Everyday Law” at Sarah J. Hale High School in Brooklyn, New York, she shared with Haiti Open that her mother told her she’d expressed those inclinations much earlier in life. Having majored in criminal justice and taken minors in criminology administration and planning and sociology, Beatrice could have chosen several different career paths. But her mother kept her focused on her destiny. By the time Beatrice began law school at the New England School of Law, her mother had already reached out to her network of friends and relatives in the Boston area to foster her, especially through those harsh New England winters. She needed that network, as her strength, fortitude, and faith were
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