23 January 2021

• Don’t judge whether trainees are good enough to qualify, firms told
  Those signing off trainee work experience are not assessing 'whether someone is going to make a brilliant solicitor', regulator says.
• HMCTS to pilot lateral flow testing in Manchester next week
  HM Courts & Tribunals Service reveals wider efforts to keep courts safe.
• Debt and part-time jobs: barristers ‘at breaking point’
  A quarter of respondents taking on outside work as income collapses.