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Films, food parcels and online lectures: The life of a self-isolating law student
Legal Cheek spoke to Lancaster Uni’s Alex Dietrich about her lockdown experience

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

BSB reveals bar exam pass rates following summer proctoring problems
Scores consistent with previous years, says regulator -- if you don't count students who encountered IT issues

Kirkland & Ellis chopping boards are actually a thing
MoneyLaw firm makes move into kitchenware?

City law firms repay government furlough money
Norton Rose Fulbright, Herbert Smith Freehills and Osborne Clarke wind back cost-cutting measures after performance exceeds expectations

Majority of law school websites don’t mention SQE, research finds
Only 8% give some detail about new course provision

Suspension for barrister convicted of GBH
Also fined £2k

DWF retains 25 of 39 trainee solicitors
Six on fixed-term deals

‘I’d be shouted at because I left the pub at 10 o’clock rather than 11pm’, says bullied former pupil barrister
New bar study finds rookies ‘particularly vulnerable’ to bullying and harassment

Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider
Students at Manchester University and King's College London will be offered BARBRI SQE workshops and fee discounts

Hogan Lovells keeps 20 out of 29 autumn NQ solicitors
Two on fixed-term contracts

Baker McKenzie lawyer, 32, becomes one of the UK’s youngest judges
Completed TC in 2012

Law student gives birth during bar exam
Finishes assessment the next day

Notorious RBG’s possible US Supreme Court replacement faces four-day confirmation showdown
Politically-charged process kicks off today
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

New era of home-working could spell the end for sky-high City lawyer salaries, Big Four legal boss warns
PwC partner Ed Stacey reckons it's getting harder to justify regional pay differences

9 things City lawyers miss about the office — as told by The Office GIFs
With help from Michael Scott and the gang

Will the SQE kill the GDL?
Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course

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

‘This has to stop’: Legal aid lawyers report receiving online threats after vilification by politicians and press
Legal aid firm Duncan Lewis says it's getting 'threatening messages' after hostile coverage