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    Hi all. I just wanted to say what an inspiring and fantastic thread this is! I opened it with great hesitance, thinking it would be just like LinkedIn, but it has really motivated me to keep on going, improving and making applications. Thank you all and keep it up!!!!
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    Failure... want to give up on law?

    I took a break this weekend to take my mind off of things and have just come back to this and wow! Thank you all so much. I am so grateful and this has made me feel so much better. Thank you so much - this is ever so kind. I know this is what I want to do so I'm just going to pick myself up...
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    Failure... want to give up on law?

    Thanks so much for reading and for your kind response Jessica! It is so appreciated. The main problem is working out where I’m going wrong. I don’t know what a ‘good’ application looks like and the only advice I’ve had in the past is to get some more legal work experience... which I did :( All...
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    Failure... want to give up on law?

    Hi all, I've used this forum for a while but never posted on it... now is the time! I just received a rejection from my final law firm for this application season and I feel so crushed and don't know how to move forward from it. I completed a vacation scheme last summer and was told me I'd...

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