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Contents 05 President’s Foreword 07 WHLS Officer Profiles 09 WHLS AGM 2020 13 What does Black
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SALES DIRECTOR Karen Hall STUDIO MANAGER Lee Finney MEDIA No. 1708
History Month mean to me?
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14 Implicit Bias 16 On being a novelist and a lawyer
17 International matters 16 18 Obituary: AnneMarie Hutchinson 22 20 Cyber risk and the legal practice
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25 Lost in Translation? Interpreters and Family Courts
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