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LC.N Blogs 
Welcome to LawCareers.Net blogs. The idea of this section is to give you an idea of what is coming up in your journey towards a career in the law. To that end, we've got our team of crack bloggers reporting back from the front line where they are studying a variety of postgraduate law courses. You'll be hearing straight from the horses' mouths about what the work is really like, not to mention how people stay afloat while juggling their studies, job search, finances and (hopefully) social life. And don't forget to comment, ask questions and tell us what you think at info@lawcareers.net. It's always best to go into new experiences with your eyes open and you won't find a better set of lookers than our bloggers!
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Rumpole Jnr
Hi, I'm a trainee solicitor at the busiest criminal practice in Berkshire. After two years of paralegaling, blood, sweat and tears, I've embarked on my final step to becoming a qualified criminal solicitor in 2013. I hope that my previous blogs showed life as a paralegal, that the coming ones show life as a trainee, and if indeed there's a difference. Here's to 18 months and counting...
Latest post: Not prepared to work on a minimum wage, who do you think you are? 02/02/2012
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Plume
Calling all BPTC students! Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to find and obtain the elusive pupillage placement. WARNING! This mission may be hazardous to your health... After completing an English Literature degree and the GDL, I am about to begin the BPTC at Northumbria University. Read on to discover whether I will live to tell the tale and (fingers crossed!) emerge as a prospective pupil.
Latest post: Exam Rubric 01/02/2012
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Codex
In my mid – increasingly late – twenties, I'm coming to the law as a second career and returning to the student life I thought I’d long since left behind. As I embark on the path to (hopefully) becoming a trainee solicitor, I’ll be taking you through my experiences of the GDL at BPP in London: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Welcome to the blog!
Latest post: Preparing for the everyday 31/01/2012
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Ed White
Hi, my name's Ed and I’ll be blogging on life in general studying the GDL at the College of Law. I solemnly swear to bring you an unbiased, unedited, and completely honest assessment of every aspect of my law degree! Let’s see what it’s really like...
Latest post: Are you gonna go my way? 31/01/2012
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Hummingbird
I have recently started my training contract specialising in family law, after over two years of working as a paralegal in the area of family law/legal aid. With uncertainty rife and huge changes taking place left, right and centre within both family law and legal aid, I will aim to provide an honest insight into work on the other side of the fence.
Latest post: Mend it, don't end it? 30/01/2012
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Robin Hood
Hi all. I am 21, straight from the University of Chester and starting the BPTC at Nottingham Law School this September. Hopefully over the next few months I will give you a unique insight into life as a student on the BPTC, from the dining sessions to the deadlines and all the bits in between that are involved with training for life ahead as a barrister.
Latest post: Pro bono worries 30/01/2012
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Legally Blonde
Hi, my name is Lexi and I am currently in the second year of my Law degree at Swansea University. I will be documenting my entire year, showing you all the unedited aspects of studying law, including the balance between working hard, and playing hard! Follow my blog to see how my life at uni unfolds...
Latest post: Under pressure 27/01/2012
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In the Eighth Circle
Hello, my name is Michael. How do you do? I have recently started my training contract at a niche litigation practice based in Chester. I will for the next year be sending despatches from the front line of legal practice, and shall endeavour to offer something for all law students to aspire to through my reports of interesting days filled with important work...
Latest post: Defamation 27/01/2012
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Lynn C Doyle
Hello to all and welcome to my blog. I graduated a few years ago with a non-law degree and completed the Graduate Diploma in Law (or CPE, if you prefer) last year. I’ll be sharing with you the highs, the lows and the somewhere-in-the-middles of life as a part-time LPC student at Northumbria University.
Latest post: To GDL and back (part 2) 25/01/2012
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Wide-eyed Frog
I have recently completed an engineering degree but not drawn to the numerous attractions of designing engines or bridges will soon be starting my GDL at BPP, Waterloo. I have a training contract with a large commercial firm in the City and am looking forward to living and studying in London. Maybe even see some of you bright and early at lectures.
Latest post: The solution for a lost scientist 19/12/2011
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Toby Wadey
With a worrying lack of direction I have been careering through choices of vocation like an unmanned speed boat in a mill-pond. It's been fast, sexy, expensive and with the constant possibility of causing mayhem for all those around me. After completing a criminology & psychology degree at Southampton University I had a two year stint as a recruitment consultant before taking on the GDL & LPC at Bournemouth. Attempting to fuse my knowledge together, I now find myself working for a City-based management and headhunting consultancy operating exclusively in the legal market. Follow my blog to see how I get on.
Latest post: Decapitation 04/11/2011
