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Life During Law: Karen Seward

Megan Mayers
Megan Mayers · 14 December 2022 · 8 min read
Profile Life during law A&O Shearman
Life During Law: Karen Seward

I grew up in a shipbuilding town in the north. Barrow-in-Furness.
Bill Bryson described it as ‘the very worst town in England’. It brought with it a sense of community back in the day. I’m working class and I kind of bring my middle-class self to work.

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