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Jun 2019
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Getting junior lawyers into good financi...

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Law graduates learn about trust accounting for clients to be admitted, but when it comes to managing personal finances, how well are junior lawyers looking after themselves?   In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy and SkilledSmart founder and law graduate Paridhi Jain how the next generation of lawyers can better set themselves up fi ... Show More
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