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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Irish solicitor gives CPR to dying bear
Killian MacLochlainn owns an animal sanctuary

Solicitor fined by disciplinary tribunal after failing to provide blood sample to police
Banned from driving for over a year

Lord Sumption warns of ‘totalitarian society’ in latest attack on lockdown policies
Lockdown sceptic accuses government of setting fire to the constitution as it tries to rule by decree

Solicitor super-exam receives final approval
LSB signs off on biggest shake-up to legal education and training in a quarter-century

Norton Rose Fulbright sets BAME trainee recruitment target of 25%
Follows similar ethnicity goals by Links, A&O and HSF

Mega trends virtual student event this afternoon: How digitalisation, decarbonisation and urban dynamics are driving legal business — with Osborne Clarke
This Wednesday (28 October), from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

Linklaters extends virtual internship to sixth-formers
No plans to offer solicitor apprenticeships

Paul Weiss lawyer dies at 107
Mordecai ‘Mordie’ Rochlin joined the firm in 1937 and worked from his 32nd floor office well into his 100s

Strike off for solicitor who changed dates on property paperwork with Tipp-Ex
Nicholas St John Gething described move as ‘quick fix’

Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time
Annual rookie registrations jump by over 500 to 6,344

Trio of ex-Supreme Court justices join 800 legal figures in call for Johnson and Patel to end lawyer ‘hostility’
Open letter follows series of public attacks on profession

US law firm duo dish out COVID bonuses to London lawyers
Associates at Simpson Thacher and Akin Gump rewarded up to £31,000 for lockdown endeavours
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Virtual student event today: Secrets to Success Midlands — with Gowling WLG, Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons and ULaw
Thursday 29 October, from 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually

JLD welcomes decision not to strike off struggling junior lawyer
Susan Orton binned documents 'in a moment of sheer panic'

Cork Uni Law Society’s virtual debate final flooded with porn
'Videos of naked men and men masturbating' appeared on-screen during Arthur Cox-sponsored Zoom call

Linklaters sets ‘aspirational’ 35% ethnic minority recruitment target for trainee solicitors
Follows similar moves by A&O and HSF

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

Fieldfisher boss: ‘My heart drops when I see NQ lawyers in US firms earning more than some of our partners’
Six-figure pay packets 'unsustainable', agrees Pinsents senior partner