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• SRA abolishes minimum salary for trainees

  Yesterday The UK legal services regulator the Solicitors Regulation Authority has done away with minimum salaries for trainees in England and Wales. Firms will henceforth be... more

• Former London MP from Dewey offers trainees a lifeline

  May 18 2012 The London trainees at Dewey & LeBoeuf have been offered positions by their former London Managing Partner, Peter Sharp. Sharp departed to take up a role at Morgan... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna to send trainees to College of Law

  May 07 2012 CMS Cameron McKenna has ended its relationship with BPP Law School, and will be sending its trainees to the College of Law for their Legal Practice Course, which is an... more

• Jones Day announces pay rise for trainees, while Links raises all pay levels

  May 04 2012 Jones Day has announced a pay rise for trainees in its London office, increasing the starting salary from £39,000 to £41,000, with pay to be reviewed every year in... more

• Which UK firms offer best prospects for promotion to partnership?

  Apr 09 2012 RollOnFriday has taken a look at the partnership promotion statistics for UK firms to try to get a picture of which firms offer the best chance of partnership. The... more

• Rumour says A&O considering pay rise for associates and trainees

  Apr 06 2012 Rumour has it that Allen & Overy is considering a substantial pay rise for lawyers. The firm is apparently in the midst of discussions on the pay issue, which should... more

• Clifford Chance makes 13 London associates redundant

  Mar 26 2012 Clifford Chance has announced that 13 London associates from the capital markets and finance practices face redundancy. The firm is in consultation with the 13... more

• Good news on UK trainee retention figures

  Feb 28 2012 RollonFriday continues to report on trainee retention figures in UK law firms, and the overall picture is starting to look a bit more positive than it did at the start... more

• UK firm Simmons & Simmons keeps just 2 of 8 qualifying trainees

  Feb 22 2012 Simmons & Simmons has announced that just two of its eight qualifying trainees will be taking up post-qualification employment with the firm. According to a statement,... more

• Application advice for prospective trainees

  Jan 30 2012 Here is a handy little article in the Guardian that advises prospective trainees on some of the questions they are likely to encounter in the application process for... more

• UK firms show strong trainee retention, despite fragile economy

  Jan 27 2012 The figures on trainee retention in the UK are beginning to emerge, revealing relatively high retention despite widespread concerns about the fragility of the economy.... more

• Eversheds launches integrated training program

  Dec 17 2011 Eversheds has announced the launch of a new "integrated training programme", under which trainees will complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC) during their trainee... more

• London firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper cancel trainee programs

  Oct 25 2011 London merger partners Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper have announced that they will not conduct a trainee recruitment program this year. The two insurance law... more

• Could Acculaw change the way that lawyers are trained?

  Sep 30 2011 This article examines the implications of the entry onto the scene of Acculaw – a company that administers a low cost training program for law graduates and then... more

• Olswang outsources trainee program

  Sep 20 2011 Olswang is the very first firm to sign up to a pilot scheme run by Acculaw which takes care of recruitment of trainees. The scheme will train recruits for three... more

• UK trainee retention figures emerge

  Aug 09 2011 UK traineee retention figures are all over the map, with some firms offering places to their entire trainee group while others announce that their trainees will be... more

• Allens reduces trainee intake by 25%

  Jun 13 2011 RollOnFriday has reported that Allen & Overy has reduced its trainee intake by 25 per cent since the peak in 2008. In 2008 the firm took on 120 trainees a year,... more

• UK firm Cobbetts cuts NQ pay by almost 20% in 3 years

  May 30 2011 Mid tier UK firm Cobbetts has reduced pay to newly qualified solicitors by nearly 20 per cent over the last three years. In 2008, newly qualified solicitors in the... more

• Criminal law barristers under pressure in the UK

  Apr 21 2011 Interesting article here from the Guardian, which takes a look at compensation for criminal barristers. The article points out that only a tiny proportion of... more

• UK College of Law admits students with poor grades

  Mar 22 2011 The director of business development at the College of Law i the UK, Sarah Hutchinson, has said that 68.4 per cent of students earned a first or upper second class... more

• Top UK firms improve trainee retention rates

  Mar 03 2011 Trainee retention rates at the 30 largest firms in the UK are up 10 per cent on last year’s figures, 84% of qualifying trainees were offered jobs this year and 83... more

• Olswang defers trainees and cancels 2013 graduate recruitment

  Feb 11 2011 Olswang has announced that all new trainees are to be deferred, and has cancelled its London summer vacation scheme and 2013 graduate recruitment round. The... more

• UK firms Wragges and Stephenson Harwood announce retention rates

  Jan 18 2011 Wragge & Co has offered a permanent position to five out of seven (72%) of the qualifying trainees, with all five accepting. One of the seven decided not to apply for... more

• Diversity statistics in the magic circle: what do they hide?

  Dec 22 2010 Large law firms ever keen to establish that they are hiring an ethnically diverse range of lawyers, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is no exception: the firm has... more

• Slim pickings for trainees at Hogan Lovells

  Dec 17 2010 Trainees at Hogan Lovells face a tense month with reports emerging that just 24 of the group of 36 will be offered jobs with the firm. The first round of offers is... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna leaves a third of its London trainees without a job

  Nov 29 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has has announced that only 19 of the 30 trainees in its London base will be offered an NQ role with the firm. Of these 19 jobs, three are offered... more

• Halliwells trainees brought in from the cold

  Nov 22 2010 Graduates chosen for the trainee program at Halliwells thought that their plans had gone up in smoke when the firm hit the wall this year. But many of them have now... more

• Slaughter and May increases bonuses and marginally raises salaries

  Nov 04 2010 Slaughter and May has announced an imminent increase in its firmwide bonus, as well as a marginal increase in the baseline salary for associates. All fee earners,... more

• The next step in gender equality at law firms

  Nov 01 2010 Women graduates make up about 60% of the trainee intake at large London law firms, and have accounted for over half of the intake at these firms for over a decade.... more

• Seven Weil Gotshal associates discover they are not qualified

  Aug 30 2010 A number of Weil, Gotshal & Manges associates have made the rather embarrassing realisation that by failing to complete the Professional Skills Course they have never... more

• Linklaters retains 87% of newly qualified solicitors

  Aug 12 2010 Linklaters has retained 87 per cent of its newly qualified solicitors, with 63 of the 69 qualifiers offered a place with the firm, and 60 accepting the offered roles.... more

• Beechcroft defers trainees

  Jul 06 2010 Beachcroft has asked a third of its trainees, who were due to start with the firm in two months' time, to defer their training contracts for a year. And it has... more

• UK trainee retention figures - Baker & McKenzie keep 20 of 21 qualifiers

  Jun 25 2010 Trainee retention figures are trickling into the public domain, and Roll on Friday is keeping score. Top honours going to Baker & McKenzie, which kept on 20 out of 21... more

• Firms leave qualifying trainees out in the cold

  Jun 21 2010 Olswang has announced that 14 of the 24 qualifying trainees – just 58 per cent – will secure a place with the firm after September. RollOnFriday reports that 19 places... more

• Simmons parks 25 trainees on new MBA programme

  Mar 05 2010 City firm Simmons & Simmons is putting 25 incoming trainees onto its MBA programme with BPP this September, with the firm moving to make the MBA a permanent option... more

• Slaughter and May shows confidence with 87% retention rate

  Feb 19 2010 Accoding to RollOnFriday, there are clear signs of renewed confidence amongst leading UK law firms this week, as further details were released of trainee retention... more

• New wave of trainee deferrals at Hebert Smith

  Feb 17 2010 The top 10 City law Herbert Smith has become the second major UK law firm, after Hammonds, to confirm that it has launched a further round of trainee solicitor... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna retains 77% of trainees

  Aug 31 2009 UK law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is offering 21 out of 30 newly-qualified trainees jobs as associates, a retention rate that places the firm largely in line with its... more

• Lovells keeps just 69 per cent of September qualifiers

  Aug 06 2009 Lovells’ retention rate for trainee solicitors qualifying in autumn has decreased to 69 per cent, placing the firm UK in line with other City firms like Freshfields... more

• Linklaters retains 80 per cent of its trainees

  Jul 16 2009 Linklaters has offered jobs to nearly 80 per cent of its trainees, the highest retention rate in the "magic circle" of UK law firms. According to The Lawyer,... more

• Weil Gotshal cuts new associate salary in the City to £85,000

  Jul 08 2009 US law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges reduces pay for UK trainee solicitors due to qualify in September 2009 by 5.6 per cent from £90,000 to £85,000. more

• Clifford Chance to retain only 70% of trainees

  Jun 23 2009 Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has announced that it is to retain only 70% of trainees from its September intake, following City rivals Freshfields Bruckhaus... more

• Cleary Gottlieb, Bird & Bird keep 100 per cent of UK trainees

  Jun 12 2009 Other firms doing well include Reynolds Porter Chamberlain with an 88% retention rate, Macfarlanes with 85% and Norton Rose with 83%, according to data published by... more

• Shearman London to retain just 67 per cent of trainees

  Jun 03 2009 US firm Shearman & Sterling is to retain just 64 per cent of its London trainees who are due to qualify in September, reports The Lawyer. more

• Allen & Overy asks trainees to defer

  May 08 2009 Allen & Overy is the latest Magic Circle law firm asking its trainees to voluntarily defer. The firm will be offering a grant of £9,000 for deferrals of 12 months and... more

• Taylor Wessing makes another cost-cutting move, asking trainees to defer

  Apr 22 2009 After announcing a number of cost-cutting measures including some potential redundancies and sabbaticals, Taylor Wessing now indicates it will ask trainees starting in... more

• UK firm Camerons requests trainees delay start date

  Apr 14 2009 UK firm CMS Cameron McKenna has asked its trainees to volunteer to delay their start dates by up to one year, potentially extending into 2011. The firm has offered a... more

• SRA refuses to intervene in law firm deferrals

  Apr 08 2009 The Solicitors' Regulation Authority, overseeing solicitors in England and Wales, has elected not to intervene in cases where prospective trainees have signed a... more

• Slaughters limits new training contracts to law graduates

  Mar 20 2009 Slaughter and May will be making fewer offers of training places to non-law graduates for upcoming periods. The number of training places it offers will, however,... more

• Halliwells defers start date for new trainees

  Mar 18 2009 UK firm Halliwells has elected to postpone the start dates of its trainee lawyers scheduled to begin in 2009 and 2010. The next date for which the firm will be... more

• Simmons & Simmons offers deferring trainees £15k to do an MBA

  Mar 15 2009 Simmons & Simmons has asked its September 2009 trainees to defer for one year and offered to pay all fees plus £15,000 if they take an MBA at BPP's Business School,... more

• Freshfields asks trainees to delay start date

  Feb 18 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has asked some of its trainees to push back their start dates in a bid to “even out” the size of its intakes. Several trainees... more

• DLA Piper to cut 140 jobs in the UK

  Feb 11 2009 DLA Piper has launched a second round of redundancy talks which will result in the cut of 30 lawyers and 110 support staff in the UK. The firm already layed off 15... more

• Simmons & Simmons trainees asked to defer start date to 2010

  Jan 26 2009 Simmons & Simmons has asked 17 trainees who were scheduled to begin work in March 2009 to consider deferring until 2010 due to the current economic downturn. more

• Cadwalader ditches all London trainees

  Nov 30 2008 The London office of US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has confirmed that it won't be keeping on a single one of its March 2009 qualifiers. more

• Norton Rose hunts for Indian trainees

  Oct 21 2008 Norton Rose has opened its trainee programme to newly qualified Indian lawyers and is recruiting directly from India... more

• France's Gide launches graduate recruitment program in the City

  Jul 23 2008 French independent firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has launched its first graduate recruitment program in the UK. The firm, which has operated in London since 2003, expects... more

• Trainee retention buoyant across City

  Jun 29 2008 A new survey by The Lawyer reveals that trainee retention across the City is up compared to last year. Norton Rose is the clear winner so far, with a 91% retention... more

• Trainee retention buoyant across City

  Jun 29 2008 A new survey by The Lawyer reveals that trainee retention across the City is up compared to last year. Norton Rose is the clear winner so far, with a 91% retention... more

• Trainee retention defies crunch

  Jun 17 2008 The credit crunch has failed to have an impact on trainee retention rates, with early indications from a cross-section of leading firms such as Freshfields Bruckhaus... more

• City law firms retain less than 90% of trainees

  Jun 14 2008 Some of the UK’s largest City firms have released their trainee retention rates for the September 2008 intake, with the majority offering places to fewer than 90% of... more

• UK trainee retention rates unaffected by credit crunch

  Jun 02 2008 Freshfields has offered jobs to a decent 90% of its trainees, but Allen & Overy confirmed that only 83% of its trainees were being given the chance to qualify into... more

• UK Partner promotions: Hammonds top for trainees, Slaughters top for women

  Apr 21 2008 The annual results of the partnership bun fight are slowly coming in and it seems the credit crunch has taken its toll, with most firms making up fewer partners than... more

• Number of women partners and trainees in the UK increases

  Mar 10 2008 A recent survey shows that between 2006 and 2007 the number of female partners at UK law firms rose by 5%. As reported in Legal Week, the Law Society's Annual... more

• UK law firms match investment banks on trainee pay

  Feb 06 2008 Law firm trainees can now pocket equal amounts to their graduate counterparts at investment banks, according to new research – with both camps taking home over £10,000... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more