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Life as a trainee solicitor

they're [laughter] brilliant. Something like that, maybe? >> Yeah. In parts, to be fair, yeah. In parts, yeah. >> As a trainee solicitor that's right. What are like the pros and...

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this band, yeah. Yeah,

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they're [laughter] brilliant. Something

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like that, maybe?

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>> Yeah. In parts, to be fair, yeah. In

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parts, yeah.

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>> As a trainee solicitor that's right.

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What are like the pros and cons of this

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job and this study?

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>> Ooh, good question. That's a really good

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question. Not one that I get asked often

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enough

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or often at all.

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>> [laughter]

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>> I guess the pros would be

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you get the satisfaction of doing

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something for someone

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helping someone through a really tough

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time

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and helping someone with a problem.

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>> Pros I get to be in Brighton you know

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and like [laughter] have 2 hours or like

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an hour and a half to walk around

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Brighton

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and you know a lot of different places

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it usually get a little walk around the

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venue.

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It's a nice community to be in I like I

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like to support it and and facilitate.

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You know just keeping it going.

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>> It's lovely doing lots of different jobs

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and sort of connecting with lots of

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people across the world.

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>> Yeah that must be nice to meet.

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New faces every time what are some cons

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to the job?

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>> Oh man

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it's tiring it's long hours.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Yeah if you can't work out the hourly

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wage because it doesn't make sense.

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But you know it's a great thing to do

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with my time so.

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>> Yeah yeah.

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>> I love doing it with I love doing it

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with my time.

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>> I quite like the variety of the work I

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