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• Allen & Overy announces spring 2019 trainee retention

  Feb 06 2019 Allen & Overy has announced its latest trainee retention rates for the firm’s spring 2019 round. Out of 47 trainees, 43 applied for roles with the firm. A&O extended... more

• Slaughters reveals spring 2019 retention

  Jan 24 2019 Slaughter and May has revealed its retention results for sprint 2019. The firm has kept on 97 per cent of its qualifiers, with 34 of 35 remaining with the firm. This... more

• Fieldfisher and BCLP reveal autumn retention rates

  Sep 13 2018 Autumn retention has been announced by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Fieldfisher. BCLP has retained 15 (79 per cent) of the firm’s 19 qualifying trainees.... more

• Retention figures announced at Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright

  Sep 10 2018 Linklaters and Norton Rose Fulbright have announced their retention figures for this autumn’s retention round. Linklaters had 59 trainees who qualified for... more

• Freshfields recovers its retention rate in latest round

  Aug 28 2018 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted in autumn 2018 retention, bouncing back from its previous two rounds with an 83% rate. The firm offered newly qualified... more

• Bakers retains 100% of trainees in autumn 2018

  Aug 24 2018 Baker McKenzie has released its autumn 2018 retention rates, keeping 100% of its trainees. The newly qualified lawyers will be fairly evenly spread between the... more

• A&O announced retention rates and salary increase

  Aug 17 2018 Allen & Overy has released its autumn 2018 retention rate, while simultaneously announcing an increase in salary for trainees and newly qualified lawyers. Of the 46... more

• White & Case holds steady at 84% in its autumn retention rate

  Aug 08 2018 White & Case has posted an 84% retention rate in its autumn batch of trainees. Keeping on 21 of the 25 trainees, White & Case has kept on par with its recent... more

• Taylor Wessing raises NQ salary by £8,000

  Aug 03 2018 Taylor Wessing has raised its salary for newly qualified solicitors (NQ) by the greatest margin since 2008. The firm has increased pay to NQs from £63,000 to... more

• Clifford Chance retention rate slides after high spring

  Jul 19 2018 Clifford Chance has become the first magic circle law firm to release its autumn 2018 retention results. Of the 47 trainees that were in its autumn cohort, 44... more

• Mayer Brown retains 80% in September 2018 round

  Jun 19 2018 Mayer Brown has retained eight of its 10 trainees in its September 2018 round, with no fixed term contracts. The eight lawyers offered positions all accepted them.... more

• Hogan Lovells and Eversheds retention rates come in at 80%

  Aug 23 2017 Eversheds Sutherland and Hogan Lovells have announced their trainee retention rates for autumn, with both firms keeping on 80 per cent of trainees. Eversheds had a... more

• White & Case retains 83 per cent of trainees in London

  Aug 22 2017 White & Case has announced an autumn retention rate of 83 per cent for its London trainee cohort. Out of 18 trainees, the firm offered positions to 15, all of whom... more

• Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Ince and Gowling post trainee retention rates

  Aug 21 2017 Several Magic Circle firms have posted their autumn trainee retention figures, including Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Ince & Co, and Gowlings. Linklaters has retained... more

• Linklaters announces 84 per cent retention rate

  Aug 18 2017 Linklaters has announced retention results for its autumn round, with 84 per cent of trainees slated to stay on with the firm. This round included a total of 56... more

• Stewarts Law autumn retention comes in at 25%

  Aug 16 2017 Stewarts Law has announced its autumn trainee retention results, which are the lowest of all firms reporting results thus far this year. The firm posted a 25 per cent... more

• Freshfields trainee retention drops to 66 per cent

  Aug 11 2017 Freshfields has reported this year’s autumn trainee retention rate, which came in at 66 per cent. Out of 41 qualifiers, the firm made offers to 29, of which 27 have... more

• Latham posts 95% trainee retention while Kirkland retains 56%

  Aug 11 2017 Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis have revealed their autumn trainee retention rates, as Magic Circle firms begin to report their retention numbers. Latham will... more

• Allen & Overy retains 85 per cent of qualifying trainees

  Aug 08 2017 Allen & Overy has announced its retention results for autumn 2017, revealing a retention rate of 85 per cent. Out of 47 final seat trainees, 41 received offers, and 40... more

• Kirkland London trainee retention drops to 50%

  Jul 28 2017 Kirkland & Ellis has announced that the firm will retain just 50 per cent of its London-based trainees for this year’s autumn round. The firm, which currently takes... more

• Watson Farley trainee retention at 100% while Mishcon keeps on 64%

  Jul 27 2017 Watson, Farley & Williams has announced that the firm will retain its entire group of autumn 2017 qualifying trainees. The group included 15 trainees who will join a... more

• RPC autumn retention comes in at 82%

  Jul 23 2017 London-based RPC has revealed its autumn trainee retention rate, which came in at 82%. The figure represents a 15% increase over last year’s retention rate. Of the... more

• Slaughters posts 91 per cent retention among qualifying trainees

  Jul 14 2017 Slaughter and May has announced that the firm will retain 91 per cent of its qualifying trainees during this year’s September qualification round. The firm made offers... more

• Freshfields retains 84% of spring trainees while A&O keeps on 82%

  Mar 14 2017 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed a spring retention rate of 84 per cent, reporting that 31 of 37 trainees will stay on as newly-qualified lawyers. The firm... more

• Trainee retention rates posted by HSF, Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes

  Mar 01 2017 Trainee retention rates have been posted by several firms, including Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Hogan Lovells, and Macfarlanes. HSF has retained 77 per cent of... more

• BLP posts 55 per cent retention rate for spring qualifiers

  Feb 22 2017 Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) will keep eleven of its 20 trainees in newly qualified (NQ) positions this spring. The firm’s 55 per cent retention rate is lower than... more

• Clifford Chance spring qualifier retention rate slides to 67 per cent

  Feb 14 2017 Clifford Chance has posted its lowest retention rate in more than seven years. The firm had a cohort of 46 trainees, of which 33 received offers out of 43 who applied.... more

• Slaughter and May retains 100 per cent of March 2017 qualifiers

  Dec 21 2016 Slaughter and May has announced that the firm will retain 100 per cent of its trainees who are eligible to qualify in March 2017. The firm made offers to all 25 of its... more

• Slaughters retains 89% of trainees

  Oct 01 2016 Slaughter and May has reported autumn trainee retention of 89%, landing the firm in the middle of Magic Circle retention rates. The firm had 36 trainees, of which 32... more

• Reed Smith reports 67% retention

  Sep 12 2016 Reed Smith has reported that it will retain eight of 12 qualifiers this autumn, with retention coming in at 67 per cent. All eight of the newly qualified roles are... more

• Simmons & Simmons retains 50% of qualifiers

  Sep 10 2016 Simmons & Simmons has reported 50 per cent retention of qualifying trainees this autumn, demonstrating inconsistent retention at the firm during recent rounds. The... more

• Travers Smith retains 94% of autumn qualifying trainees

  Sep 08 2016 Travers Smith has retained 94 per cent of qualifying trainees this September, maintaining the same retention rate as autumn of last year. Of 18 final-seat trainees,... more

• Autumn retention at 82% for Clifford Chance

  Sep 08 2016 Clifford Chance has retained 82 per cent of its autumn qualifiers this year, with 41 of 49 qualifiers receiving offers, and 40 accepting. This figure represents a... more

• Bird & Bird raises NQ salaries to £62,000

  Sep 02 2016 Bird & Bird will be increasing its salaries for NQs by 5%, from £59,000 to £62,000. Of 17 qualifiers, 15 will remain with the firm, constituting a retention rate of 88... more

• Herbies retains 94% of qualifiers

  Aug 23 2016 Herbert Smith Freeholds has offered positions to 31 of 33 trainees reaching qualification this September, with all 31 accepting offers. The firm also reported a 94 per... more

• Linklaters keeps 91% of qualifying trainees

  Aug 23 2016 Linklaters has announced that it will retain 91 per cent of this autumn’s qualifying trainees, with 51 of 56 final-seat trainees applying for newly-qualified jobs. Two... more

• Hogan Lovells retention figures released

  Aug 04 2016 Hogan Lovells announced that the firm has retained 80 per cent of this year’s newly qualified trainees, with 24 trainees accepting offers. Of 30 trainees, 29 submitted... more

• Allen & Overy retention figures released

  Jul 18 2016 Allen & Overy became the first magic circle firm to release its latest retention figures. The firm, which had a historically smaller cohort totaling 42 qualifying... more

• Clifford Chance reports strong autumn 2015 retention

  Aug 24 2015 Clifford Chance has finished a strong retention round for the autumn, keeping 45 of its 47 trainees, or 96 percent of the trainees. The firm made 45 offers and all... more

• Herbert Smith Freehills posts strong retention

  Jul 31 2015 Herbert Smith Freehills announced it has retained 34 of its 37 autumn 2015 trainees, giving the firm a strong 92 percent retention rate. Except for two of the newly... more

• Slaughter and May retain 89 percent of qualifying autumn trainees

  Jul 17 2015 Slaughter and May, a magic circle firm, has posted a retention rate of 89 percent for its qualifying autumn trainees, a slight dip from its 97 percent rate one year... more

• Weil Gotshal & Manges retain all trainees

  Jun 23 2015 Weil Gotshal & Manges posted a 100 percent retention rate as it announced that it will hire its entire nine-trainee cohort for autumn 2015 as newly qualified lawyers.... more

• Latham & Watkins hits 95% retention

  Jun 22 2015 Latham & Watkins will hire 20 of its 21 trainees as newly qualified lawyers for the autumn of 2015. Of the 21 trainees, one chose not to apply for a position at the... more

• Shearman & Sterling to retain all its trainees

  Jun 19 2015 Shearman & Sterling’s cohort of 13 trainees in its London office are all staying with the firm as newly-qualified lawyers. The 100 percent retention rate follows rates... more

• Linklaters promotes 21 to global partnership

  Apr 14 2014 Linklaters has promoted 21 associates to the partnership, of whom nine are women. This ratio represents the the highest proportion of female new partners in the firm's... more

• UK firms release strong trainee retention figures

  Jan 28 2014 UK firms are announcing their trainee retention rates for the March 2012 intake, with Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Ashurst reporting solid numbers.... more

• A&O has worst trainee retention in the magic circle

  Aug 26 2013 Allen & Overy has posted its figures for retention of trainees qualifying in September, coming in last place among the magic circle firms. 54 trainees will qualify... more

• Mills & Reeve reports retention rate of 85%

  Jul 30 2013 Mills & Reeve will keep 17 of its 20 second-year trainees - a retention rate of 85 per cent. This year’s figures are an improvement on last September’s 76 per cent... more

• Compulsory retirement OK: US employment tribunal

  Jun 04 2013 The US, Employment Tribunal has ruled that the compulsory retirement of Leslie Seldon, a partner in law firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes, at the age of 65, was not an... more

• Magic Circle 'wasted' £10m on trainees last year

  Apr 30 2013 A report by The Lawyer shows that trainee attrition cost magic circle law firms more than £10m between them last year. The report looks at how much each firm... more

• Speculation on spring bonuses after S&C's 'anaemic' award

  May 01 2012 Speculation about the timing and amount of spring bonuses continues, after Sullivan & Cromwell’s announced relatively small bonus awards of between $1000 and $5000, or... more

• Eversheds set to introduce senior role as alternative to partnership

  Oct 06 2011 Eversheds is set to introduce a new senior role as an alternative to partnership. The new ‘legal director’ is aimed at “recognising those senior people at the firm who... more

• UK trainee retention figures a mixed bag

  Jul 11 2011 Trainee retention figures are finding their way out into the light of day, and some of the results are less than pretty. Slaughter and May has offered a job to all... 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

• Allen & Overy introduces partner flexi-time to improve female retention

  Jan 22 2010 Allen & Overy is to allow equity partners to work part-time in a bid to retain more of its female workforce. The arrangement, which will come into place on 1 May,... more

• Allen & Overy keeps on 87% of NQs as retention rates begin to recover

  Jan 11 2010 Allen & Overy has retained 87% of its March 2010 qualifying intake, marking an increase on the firm's projected retention rate. The magic circle firm has offered roles... more

• DLA Piper, Linklaters, Lovells see trainee retention dive

  Aug 05 2008 Trainee retention rates at a number of leading firms have plummeted as worsening economic conditions hit the employment market. DLA Piper, Linklaters, and Lovells have... 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