A FORMER student at The College of Law in York has won an award for high achievement in her exams.

Stephanie Rodgers, 25, who is now employed by Ward Haddaway, won the DLA Award, presented by international law firm DLA Piper, for the student who obtains the highest combined mark in the Business and Commercial Law parts of the Legal Practice Course at the college.

Stephanie scored 84 per cent in the Business Law exam and 89 per cent in the Commercial Law exam.

She said: “I am delighted to have won the award – it came as a very nice surprise.”