Striving for a law career is an exciting, rollercoaster journey – and one which is all the more challenging if you come from a less privileged background, where phrases like ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ hang heavy over your hopes of ever setting foot in a law firm.

Thankfully, times are changing, and law firms are beginning to recognise that not everyone has the resources to be an ‘ideal’ law candidate on paper, where circumstances can make it difficult to gain the experience and knowledge required by the top firms.

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