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1st year law student @uni of kent!!

Ram Sabaratnam

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Hi @eke.mily

Welcome to the forum and I hope your first few weeks at Kent have been going well :)

Feel free to post any questions you have around applications or firms. The community assistants and other users will be more than happy to help. Although first year students are generally unable to apply to vacation schemes, I'd recommend having a look through this thread to get a sense of the kinds of first-year opportunities that might be available to you. Good luck with your studies and the application cycle!
 

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