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7 Christmas movie characters as the people you meet at law school
We all know and love these Christmas classics, but how many of these law students do you know and love?

Fresh salary rises see Weil trainees become highest paid in the City
£60k in year one, £65k in year two

Browne Jacobson offers up to 10 extra TCs with March 2022 start dates in response to workload boom
Emergency recruitment spree 🚨

12 struggles law students will face this Christmas
🎵 All I want for Christmas is you... a training contract 🎵

‘Legal Font Wars’: Supreme Court’s switch to Calibri sparks debate among lawyers
Calibri v Times New Roman

A round-up of the best Xmas trees across the legal profession
From law firm lobbies to historic Inns of Court 🎄

CMS and Simmons boost NQ lawyer salaries
£95k and £100k

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work

Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group returns with seasonal banger
Vocally gifted ensemble take on Elton John's Step Into Christmas

Eco-protest barrister to go to European Court of Human Rights after contempt ruling upheld
'It’s no great surprise that the Supreme Court has decided to side with itself', embargo-breaker Tim Crosland says

Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’
Viktoria Dipla's £3k award covers cost of BARBRI course

Lawyers urged to donate corporate clobber to help job seekers
Blake Morgan teams up with Working Wardrobe Project to help people looking for employment in South Wales

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

Slaughter and May joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ pay to £107.5k
Third rise this year

The Legal Cheek 2021 Xmas Gift Guide
What to buy the lawyer or law student in your life

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

Lawyers at risk of ‘burnout, breakdown, or leaving profession’
More than 7 out of 10 legal workers claim their job negatively impacts mental health, new research finds

Clifford Chance to be led by lawyer outside UK for first time
Milan-based Charles Adams elected magic circle giant's next global managing partner

Akin Gump announces big bonuses for London lawyers
Up to £104k in year-end and one-time special rewards

High Court judge left unimpressed after barristers spoke too quickly
Bar students take note

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’
Tie-up with eight universities