Alumni stories
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Wesley Padfield
Meet Wesley, who embraced every opportunity with passion and now dedicates his time to empowering and guiding students as a volunteer mentor and advocate for student success.
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Anand Beharrylal KC
Meet Anand Beharrylal KC. Anand has forged a successful career as a barrister and is now a King’s Counsel and Recorder of the Crown Court.
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Eden Joseph
Meet Eden. Alongside her studies at Herts, Eden took part in many extracurricular activities and won a Gold Go Herts Award.
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Chloe Janes
Meet Chloe. Chloe made the most of her time at Herts by getting involved in extra-curricular activities, including the Streetlaw project.
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Brieanna McDonald
Meet ambitious Brieanna who overcame personal challenges to win a Twanieka Alcindor prize and secure herself a graduate job with a Silver Circle law firm.
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Seren Turner
Meet Seren. Seren completed an undergraduate and postgraduate course at Herts, with ambitions to help rehabilitate offenders and victims of crime.
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Chelsie Osborne
Meet Chelsie. Chelsie is using what she learnt on her course to help young people turn their lives around.
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Rhiannon Ellis
Meet Rhiannon Ellis, the current President of the Herts Students' Union but looking toward a career in the police force.
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Skye Bramley
Meet Skye Bramley, winner of a Judges & High Sheriffs’ Scholarship and Law Clinic volunteer, who is pursuing a career in insurance.
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Ammar Malik and Shujaat Khan
Meet Ammar Malik and his business partner Shujaat Khan who won the 2021 Flare People’s Choice award.
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Paul Goldspring
Meet Paul Goldspring who has forged a successful career in law and was appointed the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) for England and Wales in 2021
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Dr Grace Ononiwu CBE
Meet Dr Grace Ononiwu CBE who has gone from Herts law graduate to Director of Legal Services at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
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Shahrzad Atai
Meet Shahrzad Atai, Partner – Head of International Clients at Child & Child, who has won various international awards. She has had an impressive career as a highly regarded corporate and commercial lawyer.
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Neelam Sarkaria
Meet Neelam Sarkaria an international expert and consultant on gender-based violence and rule of law development. Neelam is an experienced prosecutor, working judge, policy lawyer and lecturer with extensive knowledge of the criminal justice system (CJS) and Whitehall. She qualified as a barrister in 1988 and worked for the Crown Prosecution Service for 24 years.
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Karl Brown
Meet Karl Brown who, after graduating, spent time working as a paralegal, before completing a training contract with Porter Dodson. He joined Clarke Willmott LLP in 2005 and is now a Partner in the Commercial Property team.
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Sin Yee Kiu
Meet Sin Yee Kiu who is a Managing Partner at Wong and Kiu, a boutique law firm specialising in real estate, litigation and corporate and commercial law in Malaysia.
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Siraj Al Islam
Meet Siraj Al Islam who is Managing Partner at one 2 one legal LLP - a Saudi / English legal joint venture that operates as a boutique law firm specialising in corporate transactional investment advice.
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Kafayat Animashaun
Meet Kafayat Animashaun who benefited from the wide variety of opportunities available to her at the University. She is currently a Special Events Intern at UNICEF USA.
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Anwar 'Ash' Khan
Meet Anwar 'Ash' Khan who since graduating in 2010 has taken all of the opportunities presented to him. Anwar currently works at a district council on commercial law and contracts.
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Natalie Pringle
Meet Natalie Pringle who has excelled in her career since graduating. She is the programme manager for the CMS equIP start-up accelerator, the largest Tech focused programme run by an International law firm.