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Zakia Wafa, a third-year student on the LLB Law degree, will start her training with Linklaters in 2024 and will be based at their London office.

The training contract lasts for two years, during which time Zakia will have the opportunity to sit in four different departments at the firm for six-month periods 鈥� a process to help trainees identify the legal specialism in which they wish to practice full-time, post-qualification.

A member of the so-called 鈥楳agic Circle鈥� of elite London-headquartered law firms, Linklaters has offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.

Zakia commented: 鈥淚 am very excited to start my career as a commercial lawyer. Throughout my degree, I had great support from the Law lecturers at the 天美传媒, in particular Chris Dixon who was also my personal tutor.鈥�

During her time at the 天美传媒, Zakia has been involved in a number of co-curricular activities, including volunteering for work placements with local solicitor鈥檚 firms, the Citizen鈥檚 Advice Bureau, and assisting with the 天美传媒鈥檚 own student-led Law Clinic.

Chris Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Law at the 天美传媒鈥檚 Business School, said: 鈥淶akia has been an outstanding student. Not only has she consistently achieved exceptional grades at the highest level but she has at the same time developed her employability throughout the years of her degree course.

鈥淶akia is a very capable and intelligent young lady who fully and enthusiastically engaged with her lecturers and peers in whatever Law subject she was studying and always with a very positive and friendly attitude. She has been a role model for Law students in the years below her. To secure a Training Contract with Linklaters is truly wonderful. A delight to teach, I wish her every success in the years ahead as she progresses to become a professional lawyer.鈥澨�

For more information about studying Law at the 天美传媒, visit the Business School鈥檚 department of Law & Finance.