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Revealed: The most eco-friendly law firms 2022
With the race to net-zero in full swing, Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey reveals which firms score highest for eco-friendliness

Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2021
Crazy working hours, lockdown blues, uni rankings, NFTs -- and of course the usual dose of lawyers behaving badly

The Beckhams descend on Middle Temple
Legal connection brings celeb family together

Your ultimate guides to training contract and pupillage applications this festive period
Legal Cheek careers resources reveal inside line on over 100 law firms and 50 chambers, and contain key graduate recruitment deadlines

Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2022
From on-site swimming pools to freebie tickets; which corporate law firms offer the best perks?

The great BIG Legal Cheek quiz of the year
Put your knowledge to the test

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2022
From rookies staying late for each other to partners always being available for a chat — which firms are the friendliest?

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