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High Court opens applications for 2020–21 Judicial Assistant Scheme

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Published on: 04 May 2020
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Issue Date: 04 May 2020

Published Date: 04 May 2020

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

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The High Court of England and Wales has announced the launch of the applications for the 2020–21 Judicial Assistant Scheme, which offers qualified barristers and solicitors in their early years of professional practice a 'ringside view of the trial process and first instance decision-making from the perspective of the judge, for the most complex, high value and often high-profile cases'. The deadline for applications is 5pm on 12 June 2020.

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