Filipino Set to Join Ranks of Youngest Int’l Lawyers

Josef Maynard Borge Erece (Source: Rappler)

Josef Maynard Borge Erece, 27, is bound to join the ranks of the youngest international lawyers today. Born in New Zealand to parents from Baguio City on October 29, 1996, Jozef was admitted to the roll of barristers and solicitors by the Supreme Court of Queensland in September 2015. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Southern Queensland and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Queensland University of Technology earlier that year, at the age of 18 (See Rappler for story).