Popular on-air personality in the Africa Young Voices Media Empire, Bockarie Mattia, has added to his growing list of achievements by emerging as the Best Performing Student in Contract Law.
This is ahead of Sierra Leone’s 2025 Call to the Bar ceremony, during which Mr. Mattia will be formally inducted into the legal profession. His sterling performance has thus earned him the Honourable Justice H.M. Joko-Smart Memorial Award-a distinction reserved for students who reveal exceptional understanding and discipline in the study of law.
The news has been both inspiring and an affirmation for most people who know him primarily as a polished television presenter. Behind the studio lights, Mattia has quietly balanced a demanding world of broadcast media with the rigors in the legal education process, without going unnoticed-a task that requires great focus, sacrifice, and unyielding resilience.
Colleagues at the AYV Media Empire described his success as a reflection of hard work and his determination to grow beyond a single professional identity. Friends and mentors say his journey sends a powerful message to young Sierra Leoneans that excellence is possible across different fields when commitment meets opportunity.
The Honourable Justice H.M. Joko-Smart Memorial Award holds symbolic weight in the legal community, celebrating intellectual discipline and respect for the rule of law. In Mattia’s case, the award represents not only personal success, but also a transition to a new phase of service, where law expertise meets public communication.
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His story as he nears the Call to the Bar remains one of an ambition that did not need to limit itself to one direction, be that behind the microphone or within the cold walls of a courtroom, a reminder of Bockarie Mattia’s achievements of promise in a wider perspective That hard work will pay off and the fullest potential claimed.
