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‘Nightmare dressed up as a holiday’: young lawyers rue virus workload

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Law students are prioritising how firms treat their staff over “the biggest and best” brands when looking for future workplaces, according to the authors of a study of lawyers during the coronavirus pandemic.

The study, published by the Law Institute of Victoria this month, reveals young lawyers felt they were overworked and under-supported in the pandemic and that COVID-19 was “a nightmare dressed up as a holiday”.

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Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com

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