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Routes into Law: Paralegal
I have always known that I wanted to pursue a career in Law since a young age. I think this fascination with Law, stereotypically,...
Beth Walker
Feb 12, 20225 min read
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Routes into Law: the Bar
I came to the Bar in the traditional and perhaps, the expected way: A-Levels, University, BPTC, Pupillage and Tenancy, all within a...
Abigail King
Feb 11, 20223 min read
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Routes into Law: What is ‘traditional’ anyway?
Since I started to seriously think about what I wanted to do when I grew up, it was always law. Like many, I was fascinated with crime...
Jessica Jones
Feb 10, 20224 min read
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Routes into Law: Internal Training Contract
I knew from quite a young age that a career in law could be possibility for me as my dad was and, still is, a Solicitor in my home town...
Rebecca Charity
Feb 9, 20223 min read
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Routes into Law: Solicitor Apprentice
My journey into law has been a little abstract. I grew up enjoying and excelling at more practical based subjects such as science and...
Matthew Chorley
Feb 8, 20224 min read
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Routes into Law: CILEX
Growing up, I never had any idea as to what I wanted to be when I was older. My elder cousin once told me that when I was four years old,...
Emily Atkinson
Feb 7, 20226 min read
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Afghanistan & Asylum
The recent scenes at Kabul airport have been very difficult to watch. The desperation of so many to flee the Taliban is something most of...
Renee Southern
Oct 1, 20214 min read
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Mental Health while WFH
It’s fair to say that the last year has been a strange one. Whilst we have all been advised and ordered to stay away from one another and...
Matthew Chorley
May 13, 20214 min read
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CILEx - breaking the tradition
I don’t think it is unusual for people to be unaware of the Chartered Institute for Legal Executives (CILEx) route to becoming a lawyer....
Samantha Rymer
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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LGBT+ history month
LBGT+ History Month is an annual month-long event in February which aims to observe the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
Adrian Davies
Feb 22, 20214 min read
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The Effects of the Pandemic on Aspiring Lawyers
When I first began studying law at university in 2018, I never could have imagined that my final year would be spent on zoom calls with...
Amy Deane
Feb 10, 20216 min read
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SRA figures highlight huge disparity in number of BAME solicitors taken to Tribunal
On 14th December 2020, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published their second annual report covering their enforcement...
Hetal Hathiwala
Jan 19, 20214 min read
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TRAINEES: Panic over the Pandemic
In recent weeks, the national Junior Lawyers Division have asked the SRA the: what effect COVID-19 will have on trainee solicitors. The...
Chelsea Kearns
Feb 21, 20203 min read
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MJLD: Celebrating Black History Month 2023
October marks Black History Month, providing an opportunity to celebrate Black creativity, heritage and achievements. This year, there is...


Celebrating LGBTQ+ History
LGBTQ+ History Month As we come to the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, which is celebrated each February in the UK, MJLD is reflecting on...


1 in 3 Women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence
The 25th November marks the United nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. MJLD's Equality, Diversity...


MJLD: Celebrating Black History Month 2023
October marks Black History Month, providing an opportunity to celebrate Black creativity, heritage and achievements. This year, there is...


Celebrating LGBTQ+ History
LGBTQ+ History Month As we come to the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, which is celebrated each February in the UK, MJLD is reflecting on...


1 in 3 Women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence
The 25th November marks the United nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. MJLD's Equality, Diversity...
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