A training contract at JCWI has given me the best possible start to my legal career while allowing me to contribute to a wider fight I feel passionately about.  
A combination of accessible and supportive supervision and trust in my ability has given me a level of experience and confidence I couldn’t have imagined when I started two years ago. To illustrate, at the very start of my training contract I was asked to meet a client in prison to assist him with a simple bail application. Two years later, I have represented him in an urgent judicial review in the Administrative Court challenging his removal, a successful unlawful detention damages claim in the County Court and finally a deportation appeal, won on humanitarian protection grounds.  
I have found the most rewarding part of my training contract carving out my own niche and interests in what can be a vast and daunting area of law, something that has been encouraged and facilitated at every stage. My developing…