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Macfarlanes posts 80% spring trainee retention score
One rookie leaves to set up healthcare business

Inns of Court to launch emergency relief fund for junior barristers
Wealthy foursome will also 'relieve hardship' on chambers' rental obligations

Trainees should qualify on time as Professional Skills Course moves online, says regulator
Law school giants ULaw, BPP and BARBRI Altior make provisions to deliver large number of modules remotely
Round-up from the Easter Weekend
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend

Paralegal loses job after saying Boris Johnson ‘completely deserves’ COVID-19
Criminal defence firm VHS Fletchers disowns former employee

City law firms introduce belt-tightening measures in wake of COVID-19
Furloughs, pay cuts and partner profit deferrals

Hogan Lovells makes training contract offers early as it cancels summer vacation schemes
Exclusive: Some candidates offered winter vacation scheme places

City law firms give insights into SQE plans
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Domestic abuse support app and social care chatbot win SRA tech challenge
RCJ Advice and Mencap scoop £100,000 prize

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Veteran family law barrister suspended for twice breaking family court injunction
Sami Ur Rahman convicted of breaching non-molestation order taken out by ex-girlfriend

Eversheds Sutherland launches chatroom app to combat lawyer loneliness during lockdown
Open House features range of discussion areas including wellbeing, hobbies and kidzone

Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

COVID-19: Clifford Chance summer vacation scheme goes virtual
New online offering to feature networking sessions, cooking and yoga classes too

Magic circle firms reveal gender pay gap results
As government confirms reporting requirements scrapped in light of COVID-19 outbreak

Don’t launch solicitor super-exam during a global pandemic
Durham Uni Law School chief urges regulator to postpone SQE

Coronavirus has got nothing on the 2008 financial crisis, says ex-Clifford Chance boss
Tony Williams reckons the pandemic is less of a threat to law firms than the crash

Newly qualified solicitor struck off over lost work briefcase
Junior lawyer's fate was sealed when she lied to colleagues about the incident

Open University law student wins battle against police over car seizure
Officers failed to comply with regulations, investigation finds

Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins Labour crown
Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in the spotlight

Trainees flock home to mum and dad amid coronavirus pandemic
Be a magic circle hotshot from your childhood bedroom