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The Nativity in the time of Covid
For the purposes of this discussion, Nazareth and Bethlehem are treated as if they are in Tier 4 Covid regulations

The big fat Legal Cheek quiz of the year 2020
It's been a strange 12 months... but how much do you remember?

Corona-regs barrister launches law centre fundraiser
Doughty Street Chambers’ Adam Wagner targets £15,000
RPC latest firm to hand junior lawyers pay rises
More evidence of corporate legal sector’s resilience to the pandemic

Magic circle QC trades commercial bar megabucks for unpaid government gig
David Wolfson says farewell to One Essex Court millions

Law firm bill tweet sparks heated chargeable hour debate
'An industry waiting to be disrupted one day'

Revealed: The best law firms for working from home
From generous WFH budgets to team catch-ups via Zoom -- which law firms have adapted the best to the new way of working?

SRA rules out Ryan Beckwith appeal
High Court had overturned SDT's decision to fine former Freshfields partner

Law school during the pandemic
A BPP student explains why she and some fellow LPCers aren’t happy

SQE examiner hit by ‘cheating’ outbreak
Kaplan acknowledges 'attempted' cheating on foreign lawyer exam it also runs

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2020-21
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work

Ropes & Gray launches London-Tokyo training contract
US firm is latest to offer UK-Asia rookie programme

Courts service apologises to Black pupil barrister mistaken for defendant twice in one day
HMCTS 'deeply sorry' for treatment of Garden Court's Luke McClean
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

Norton Rose Fulbright says lawyers can WFH half the time after Covid
Applies to trainees as well

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

Slaughter and May calls off new office search, will stay at Bunhill Row until 2036
Decision comes amid widespread adoption of WFH

Inns of Court student presidents write to BPP over teaching concerns
Group express solidarity with BPP Law School bar and GDL students experiencing 'systemic deficiencies' this term

The University of Law to launch in Scotland
Legal education provider expands further with purchase of Central Law Training Scotland

Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister sparks misconduct debate among fellow lawyers
Eco-barrister Tim Crosland branded a 'fanatic' after deliberately leaking Heathrow ruling

Reed Smith puts NQ salary back up to £90k
Firm raised pay in January, then cut it to £79,500 in June amid Covid economy fears, before moving it back up again to round out rollercoaster remuneration year