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‘Do law students really have it tough?’

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By Legal Cheek on

One soon-to-be fresher is concerned about the challenge ahead

In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one fresher wants to know if law students really have it tough.

“I am due to start my undergraduate law degree in a few weeks’ time and I am slightly concerned about the challenge ahead. I read your recent story that law students are among the “least hardworking” of all students. It received lots of comments: some agreeing and some disagreeing. I want to know if law school really is as bad as some law students make it out to be?”

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