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Welcome
T
he current academic year 2020/2021 has been difficult for
everyone. Aspiring lawyers are no different. Commercial
law may see an increase in work thanks to the spread of
pandemic, but it may be harder to get work experience,
attend open days and interviews, and contact chambers and
firms while social distancing remains in place – at the time of
writing, well into spring of 2021. The situation is ever-changing, but we have
done our best to tackle some of the uncertainty that you may be feeling
around your career in our article on page 10.
The methods by which you attain a training contract or pupillage may well
be differen
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