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Noses Back To The Grindstone: What Will The New Academic Year Bring For Law Students And Trainees?

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Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge and Bircham Dyson Bell solicitor Kevin Poulter discuss the big issues awaiting the next wave of lawyer wannabes as they begin the new academic year.

What chance do those who are starting the LPC without a training contract stand of finishing the course with a job?

Will the soon-to-be-concluded Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) fundamentally alter the path to becoming a lawyer?

How should trainees and pupils play it as they begin their training contracts and pupillages amid wider uncertainty about the economy?

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