Bernice Hageman-Strydom completed her Baccalaureus Legum (LLB) degree at the University of Pretoria in 2008. In 2009, Bernice obtained a diploma from the former Association of Insolvency Practitioners of South Africa, which has since become known as the South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association.

In 2010, Bernice completed her articles of clerkship at an attorneys firm in Pretoria, and wrote and passed the attorneys’ admission examinations.

Bernice was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa on 25 January 2011. She commenced pupillage in 2011 at the Pretoria Society of Advocates and subsequently successfully passed the National Bar Examination. Bernice remained a practising member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates until August 2019.