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  1. KS94

    Legal Tech v Training Contract

    I know this could be pretty controversial but I wanted everyone's opinion on legal tech which is shaking up the industry (and at a time where many junior positions are under threat). Whilst I appreciate that obtaining a TC is the holy grail, and that if both opportunities presented themselves...
  2. KS94

    Legal tech/AI

    Are there any websites you'd recommend which provide updates on legal tech/AI? I am interested in legal tech and couldn't find any threads/sub-forums dedicated to providing updates (and maybe alternative options in law?). Thanks
  3. KS94

    Pensions Crisis & GDPR

    Hi I was wondering if someone could provide some guidance or a breakdown of the following topics and how they may impact law firms? 1) Pensions crisis 2) Specific aspect of GDPR implications after Brexit. Thank you!
  4. KS94

    Squire Patton Boggs AC

    Hi I have an AC coming up and I'm anxious about the commercial awareness side of things. I have researched what I think are the firm's key sectors but I am reaally struggling in trying to anticipate what sort of questions I could be asked. Could someone perhaps give me a little guidance? I...
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    Commercial awareness for 'smaller' law firms

    Hi everyone, One of the key things with the commercial awareness updates on here is that students get an idea of what to look out for, how to analyse news stories and then how this may affect firms. However, a lot of the content on this site seems (I may be wrong) geared towards magic/silver...

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