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Howard Law Alumni: Southeast D.C. woman becomes a lawyer

From brawling and being expelled from school to graduating from Howard Law School, this is her story
“Education is my thing. I was always intelligent, it was just that, sometimes my environment took over that part of me.
Author: Megan Rivers
Updated: 9:30 AM EDT June 23, 2021
WASHINGTON Taking a walk through Congress Park in Southeast, D.C., you’re bound to see children playing, people heading to work or home, and hear colorful stories about what some call the heart of D.C.
For Alexis Hawkins, the stroll down memory lane tells a story of a unique childhood.
“I love this community, but a lot of my friends’ blood is still on this concrete, so, like bittersweet,” Hawkins said. ....

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Alexis Hawkins got expelled from high school. Last week she got her law degree.

Alexis Hawkins got expelled from high school. Last week she got her law degree.
Courtland Milloy
Alexis Hawkins was at a crossroads.
In 2008, she was expelled from Ballou High in Southeast Washington for fighting. Again. She was 15.
A friend from her Congress Park neighborhood had been stabbed by a girl from a rival neighborhood, and a brawl involving more than 20 girls had erupted inside the school.
Five of them, including Hawkins, were kicked out. This time, there would be no coming back.
“Congress Park girls were known to fight and Alexis was a fighter,” recalled Edwin Buckner, a D.C. police officer who was assigned to Ballou at the time. “She was also an A student and never bothered anyone. But she would not back down from a fight if it involved her neighborhood.” ....

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