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Désirée Bernard was born on 2 March, 1939 in Georgetown, Guyana, is a Guyanese lawyer and jurist. Discover Désirée Bernard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 2 March, 1939
Birthday 2 March
Birthplace Georgetown, Guyana
Nationality Guyana

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1939

Désirée Patricia Bernard (born 2 March 1939) is a Guyanese lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female judge of the High Court in 1980 and Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court in 1992.

Bernard was born in Georgetown on 2 March 1939, the only child of William and Maude Bernard.

Her father was a Sergeant of Police.

She attended St Ambrose School in Georgetown and won a place at Bishops High School.

She planned to become a teacher, until a family friend encouraged her to consider law.

1963

She attained a Bachelor of Laws degree with honours from the University of London in 1963.

1964

Bernard qualified as a solicitor in 1964 and was in private practice until 1980.

1970

She was appointed a Magistrate in 1970 and a Commissioner of Oaths and Notary Public in 1976.

Bernard was founding Secretary of the Caribbean Women's Association, serving from 1970 until 1974, and the first, and only female, President of the Organisation of Commonwealth Bar Associations in 1976.

1977

In 1977, she was admitted to the English Roll of Solicitors.

1980

Bernard was appointed as the first female Judge in the High Court of Guyana in 1980, and the first female Justice of Appeal in 1992.

1981

In 1981, she was appointed chair of a committed to examine all laws with a view to abolishing discrimination against women, leading to the abolishment of several laws and the repeal of the Bastardly Act.

1982

Bernard was a rapporteur of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination from 1982 until 1984, and then Chair of the Committee from 1985 until 1989.

Bernard has written articles on gender and legal issues.

1987

In 1987, she founded the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers.

She was involved in the formation of the Georgetown Legal Aid Clinic and chairs its Board for many years.

She was also President of the Georgetown Toastmistress Club and a member of numerous associations including the Guyana Consumers Association, the Council of the University of Guyana, the Guyana Adoption Board and the Guyana Girl Guides Association.

1989

In 1989, Bernard was awarded the University of Guyana Award for Achievement in Law.

1996

She was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana in 1996, Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the Caribbean in 2001 and a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice in 2005.

In 1996, she was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana.

She later became Chancellor and Head of the Judiciary of Guyana.

1997

In 1997, she ruled that Janet Jagan had the constitutional right to be President after the election was challenged in court.

2005

Bernard served as a Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its establishment in 2005, the court's only female justice, until her retirement in 2014.

The Court held a special sitting to mark her retirement, with the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh, saying that her legal career "blazed the path for women in Guyana and Caribbean" and Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque saying that she had set an "awe-inspiring example" with her consistent concern for women and her contributions to principles of law and procedure such that she "has enriched the legal and social fabric of our community."

In 2005, she received the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women for her role in advocating for women's development.

2007

In 2007, she was given an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of the West Indies.

2011

In 2011, Bernard was appointed as a judge of the Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal in Washington, D.C. In December 2014, she was appointed to the Bermuda Court of Appeal by Governor George Fergusson.

2013

In 2013, she completed research on the "Compatibility of the Caribbean Court of Justice with the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas" after receiving a fellowship from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London.

Bernard has received two of Guyana's three highest national awards, the Cacique Crown of Honour and the Order of Roraima.

2014

In 2014, she was appointed to the Bermuda Court of Appeal.

2017

In October 2017, she was honoured in New York City by the Guyana-Jamaica Friendship Association.

Bernard is single and has an adopted daughter, Carol, who is a lawyer in Trinidad and Tobago.

She is a Christian and was the first woman to be Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana.