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A day in the life at a legal technology firm

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I found myself being progressively more interested in finance and banking as I progressed through university, culminating in an internship in a bank. As I said at the outset, I didn’t take the traditional route of university, to LPC paid for by a law firm, to a training contract. 1:00pm – I grab some lunch.

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Interview with a future trainee solicitor at Allen & Overy

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Can you briefly introduce yourself and discuss your legal journey thus far? Having secured a training contract with Allen & Overy early on in second year, I’ll be starting the LPC/LLM in January 2022 in anticipation of starting at the firm in September 2022. An interview with a teacher turned legal secretary.

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Report on Annual Conference on Consumer Law organized by ERA with specific highlights of the recent Representative Actions Directive

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The next day’s first panel began with a presentation from Massimiliano Puglia (Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg), who provided a comprehensive overview of cases involving consumer protection at the CJEU in the past year. Day 2: Recent Case Law Update of CJEU and Collective Redress.

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