Aston Law School placement stories

There's no better way to prepare for work than to experience it first-hand. In a competitive jobs market, extra work experience can really help you stand out from the crowd. More and more employers expect students to have substantial working experience and that is why a key part of our degrees is the optional placement year that we offer our students.

Read more about some of our amazing student placement experiences and why they would always recommend doing a placement.

Hemisha Natu

Completed a virtual internship with international law firm, Linklaters.

Walid Hakem and Valerie Achebe

Aston Law School graduates who gained a Scholarship Programme at Thursfields Solicitors.

Scarlett Bond

Undertook her placement year at Barker Brettell LLP, as a legal research assistant.

Olivia Lloyd

Watch Aston Law School 2020 graduate, Olivia describes how her placement at Walt Disney London.

Thomas Willey

LLB Law student, undertook his placement year at the Aston Law Clinic

Robyn Hateley

Aston Law School graduate Robyn Hateley, speaks about her placement experience at DAC Beachcroft.

Modou Keita

Final year student that is part of the Student Committee of Aspiring Black Lawyers.

Sharon Kushimo

Aston Law student Sharon Kushimo speaks about her placement experience at BNP Paribas.

Safa-Atiya Ahmed

Undertook her placement year at Aston Students Union as the Vice President Welfare.

Jawad Ahmad

Undertook his placement year at Aston Students Union as the Vice President of Education.

Kansah Asif

Undertook her placement year at the Aston University Law Clinic.

Mollie Street

Watch Mollie's placement story on how she spent her placement year working in the Intelligence Department at the West Midlands Police.

Precious Obeng

Precious Obeng completed her placement year at one of the world's largest rental companies, Enterprise Mobility.

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LLM successes

Amaka Oriji

Inspired by a module in her LLM, Amaka Oriji decided to stay at Aston University to focus her PhD research.

Oluwapelumi Odetoyinbo

Aspiring commercial lawyer Oluwapelumi Odetoyinbo studied her LLM in International Commercial Law at Aston Law School and has secured a place to stay and study her PhD