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"The very fact that your supervisor's colleagues/partners made no arrangements for someone else to take over her work and left it to an unsupervised trainee is exactly where the magic circle gets its dog-eat-dog reputation. And yes, your story has 'indefensible negligence claim' written all over it. I proofread and photocopied my way through two years at Linklaters (often at 3am) with a smile. It was rare to be known by any other name than "X's trainee". But hey, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger - and sure looks good on the CV when, inevitably, you get the hell outta there" - Legal Village: Trainees - know your place!
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Philippe Sands QC speaks to The American Lawyer's Bar Talk about how one memo by US Goverment lawyers sparked an international scandal about torture at Guantanamo Bay - Legal Village
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