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Mitigating Circumstances

Dyno

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Yes and other organisations like the Government Legal Department. There won't be many, but there will be some.
when im applying for vac schemes can i talk about my autism or is that not mitigating circumstances rather then a disability?

also is there any graduate recruitment people from law firms on here that i can contact?
 

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when im applying for vac schemes can i talk about my autism or is that not mitigating circumstances rather then a disability?

also is there any graduate recruitment people from law firms on here that i can contact?
Your autism is a mitigating circumstance all the time it is undiagnosed/you were not receiving support for it.

We don’t have details of law firms’ graduate recruitment teams. You’d need to contact them directly via their Early Careers website.
 

Dyno

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Your autism is a mitigating circumstance all the time it is undiagnosed/you were not receiving support for it.

We don’t have details of law firms’ graduate recruitment teams. You’d need to contact them directly via their Early Careers website.
omg thank you so much

if i am doing an application and theres a space to talk about mitigating circumstance how would i write it as i experienced mental health problems and my autism too in for my first and second year?

do i also add in that im going to supply evidence or they going to ask for it?
 

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omg thank you so much

if i am doing an application and theres a space to talk about mitigating circumstance how would i write it as i experienced mental health problems and my autism too in for my first and second year?

do i also add in that im going to supply evidence or they going to ask for it?
Feel free to private message me with a summary of what you would write and I can advise on this.
 
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