{"id":25366,"date":"2024-05-31T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/?post_type=ambassador&#038;p=25366"},"modified":"2024-06-12T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T10:24:40","slug":"gaurav-s","status":"publish","type":"ambassador","link":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/ambassador\/gaurav-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaurav S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my state school I was one of only a handful of pupils coming from a BAME background. Careers in London were dreamt of but often felt quite distant. I didn&#8217;t study law as an undergraduate or join the legal profession straight from university and I only started my training contract a few years after graduating. 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