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At the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on Saturday, chair of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC, spoke to over 500 guests, including legal luminaries such as Sir Keir Starmer QC MP, Professor Richard Susskind OBE and Lady Justice Hallet.
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Applications for H M Hubbard International Law Scholarship awards ranging up to £28,000 are now open to postgraduate law students wanting to study in Canada, France or Spain over the 2019-20 academic year.
Fourteen social welfare training contracts made available by The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) are now open for applications.
Clyde & Co LLP’s paralegal academy received more than 1,000 applications, far surpassing the firm’s target of 300.
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