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Check out these interviews with future trainees across a variety of law firms!
Welcome to the first in our series of interviews with future trainee solicitors. Today we delighted to hear from Patricia K, TCLA's project manager, who successfully secured four training contract offers. 1. Who is your training contract with? Allen & Overy 2. Are you a law or non law candidate? Law 3. Which university did you attend? University of Cambridge 4. Please could you tell us more about your background and current stage? I’m an Indonesian national born and raised in the Philippines. Currently, I’m about to start my final year at university and I’m due to begin studying my LPC in July 2021. 5. When and why did you decide to apply to commercial law? My interest in commercial law began in my final year of A-Levels after...

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