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Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

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Linklaters retains 45 of 48 autumn qualifying trainees
All permanent positions

Bar course pass rates drop 18% during pandemic
Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

Fraudsters use fake Reed Smith ID card in Bitcoin ‘romance scam’
Regulator issues public warning

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

A&O partner profits leap 17% to £1.9 million
Revenue rises to £1.77 billion

Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group belt out Bruno Mars hit
🎶 I'ma leave the door open 🎶

8 legal cases that shaped history… retold on TikTok
How many do you know?

Slaughter and May offers junior lawyers ‘job share’ option
Magic circle firm pilots series of flexi-work schemes which see associates work reduced hours for less pay

Hogan Lovells and Simmons latest to up junior lawyer pay
£100k and £88k

City firms publish strong financial results despite Covid disruption
Revenue rises at HSF, Eversheds, Fieldfisher and Kennedys

Pinsents ditches billing targets in bonus shake-up
International firm will now set financial rewards against criteria including colleague trust and environmental impact

Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90k as it confirms 88% trainee retention score
Rookies also handed rises

Trainee solicitor dismissed a month after revealing pregnancy loses employment case
Bosses didn't know rookie was pregnant when they decided not to keep her on, tribunal finds

Clifford Chance appoints ULaw as exclusive SQE prep course provider
First rookies start next summer

How to use Roman law to fight the eco war
Is the Roman notion of jurisdiction the final piece of puzzle?

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

HSF raises NQ ‘total compensation’ to £107k
Posts 97% autumn trainee retention result

Linklaters hands lawyers £300 to cover knitting, yoga and meditation classes
Spent via mood-boosting app