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‘Dear Me, Don’t Go to Law School’

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By Legal Cheek on

Law students from the University of Calgary have made a brilliant video warning about the dangers of law school.

“Your experience in law school will start with so much hope – doing what’s right, fighting for justice and upholding the law,” the students explain. “Then you’ll realise you’re destined to make rich companies richer by facilitating the purchase of other rich companies.”

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