Allen & Overy has kept 30 of its 39 qualifying trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) roles. The firm said that 36 trainees applied to qualify, with the firm making offers to 33 of them. Of those, 30 accepted a position at A&O, giving the firm a retention score of 77 per cent. None are on fixed-term […]
DWF Belfast is offering half of its 2024 training contracts to those coming through the SQE route as part of its latest recruitment strategy. On top of plans to increase the number of slots on offer from nine to 12, the new policy aims to take on six aspiring lawyers from what DWF Belfast managing […]
As Axiom Ince finally collapses, The Lawyer can reveal that barely any of the current or future trainees have found new homes – and the future trainees have missed their deadline to begin their studies at BPP. The Lawyer understands that two individuals have been able to transfer their current training contracts to Stephenson Harwood […]
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has appealed to City firms to take on trainees from Ince as fear grows for the future of the troubled firm. On Friday 25 August, CLLS chair Colin Passmore, at the behest of CLLS training committee chair Patrick McCann and Watson Farley & Williams’ director of development and […]
Trainee retention season is now in full swing and if you want to see who’s done best at hanging on to this year’s crop of junior talent you can check out The Lawyer’s live blog for regular updates. But we want to concentrate on just two firms for the moment. Clyde & Co and Mills […]
While the largest firms still retain their training contracts, alternatives to the traditional route are now commonplace. But one US firm in London has hit upon a way to benefit from the Solicitors Qualification Exam’s new rules.
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Deutsche Bank has selected three of its panel firms to take on trainees who need to complete contentious seats as part of their training contract. Herbert Smith Freehills, Simmons & Simmons and Norton Rose Fulbright are the three to have been selected from a panel that contains a number of silver circle, magic circle and […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will begin recruiting 100 trainees per year for the first time since 2009, reversing years of decreases. The qualifying cohort of 2022 was only 73 strong, but the firm has been gradually expanding its recruitment levels once more. Last year it was on the hunt for 90 trainees to begin in 2024, […]
The majority of trainees left stranded ahead of the winding down of MJ Hudson’s legal arm have found new homes. So far, trainees have been split up among three firms: one to DLA Piper, two to Baker McKenzie, and an additional trainee to Haynes & Boone. Tenzin Woden joins an 11-strong team of partners and […]
Deutsche Bank is the latest in-house outfit to take on its own trainees, starting with the launch of four training contracts in a few months’ time. The programme will be overseen by the bank’s general counsel for UK and Ireland, Simon Man. Man has worked at Deutsche Bank for over 20 years and is a […]
Online stars are everywhere in law now – but is that a good thing? Lucie Cruz investigates.