Lauren, LA

I attended the Amicus Death Penalty training the year I studied the GDL and knew I wanted to do a placement in the US. I went for an interview in February 2020 and was thrilled when I heard that I would be able to organise a placement through Amicus...

Posted on Feb 19, 2021

Laura, Remote Placement with ARC

In June 2020, I applied for and was fortunate enough to be awarded Inner Temple’s Sir Joseph Priestley Award. The plan was to put this money towards a three-month placement with one of AMICUS’ affiliate offices in the States. Unfortunately, like so...

Posted on Feb 9, 2021

KATE, AZ

Having attended the Amicus death penalty training, I knew for certain that I wanted to make a difference by undertaking a placement in the US. I spent two months at the Capital Representation Project in Phoenix, Arizona (I unfortunately had to come...

Posted on Jun 2, 2020

ANNA, TX

Death penalty defence work is notoriously difficult in its unique emotional burden and sheer amount of work. I thought that if I could survive this work, I would be on my way to becoming the best defence lawyer I could be which is why I applied for...

Posted on Apr 29, 2020

Paige, FL

When I decided that I wanted to apply for an Amicus placement, one thing was clear in my mind; I wanted to work on capital punishment cases and help those who have been convicted, or are facing conviction, receive a fair trial. I initially thought...

Posted on Nov 20, 2019

Sheiba, UK

My experience at Amicus was a great blessing in all honesty. As a law student, I was hoping to gain experience at some point during my time in the UK, but I wasn’t sure how that would happen. Joining the Pro Bono Society in my first year, I heard...

Posted on Sep 17, 2019

Eliška, UK

In the weeks before I was meant to start at Amicus as a UK office volunteer my personal and academic schedule became unexpectedly busy, and I even considered rescheduling my placement to later in the year. The usual pre-new job fears floated around...

Posted on Aug 12, 2019