Dozens of law firms make Guardian UK 300 top employers list for 2017

Over 60 law firms have this year’s Guardian UK 300, which lists the best UK employers for people seeking their first graduate jobs.

The annual list is compiled from the votes of over 60,000 students. While only one law firm – Allen & Overy - made the top 50 by placing 48^th, many law firms populate the list including magic circle high flyers Clifford Chance (66^th) and Slaughter and May (80^th). As the Law Gazette reports, 11 firms have featured in the list for the first time this year, including Davis Polk & Wardell, Watson Farley & Williams, Squire Patton Boggs, Travers Smith and Weil Gotshal & Manges.

The full list of firms to make the list in order of their rankings is as follows:

• 48 - Allen & Overy
• 66 - Clifford Chance
• 80 - Slaughter and May
• 86 - Irwin Mitchell
• 94 - Baker McKenzie
• 105 - Linklaters
• 108 - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
• 109 - DLA Piper
• 117 - Eversheds Sutherland
• 124 - Herbert Smith Freehills
• 135 - Norton Rose Fulbright
• 142 - Hogan Lovells
• 147 - Simmons & Simmons
• 150 - Ashurst
• 151 - Clyde and Co
• 153 - White & Case    
• 154 - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
• 155 - Pinsent Masons
• 158 - Shoosmiths       
• 161 - Bond Dickinson
• 174 - Blake Morgan
• 178 - Taylor Wessing
• 180 - Anthony Gold Solicitors
• 181 - Burges Salmon
• 185 - Kirkland & Ellis
• 188 - Jones Day  
• 189 - Reed Smith
• 190 - Addleshaw Goddard     
• 192 - Ashfords           
• 197 - Mishcon de Reya
• 202 - Shearman & Sterling    
• 203 - Dentons
• 205 - Mayer Brown    
• 210 - Berwin Leighton Paisner           
• 213 - Kennedys
• 218 - Mills & Reeve   
• 219 - Osborne Clarke
• 227 - Latham & Watkins        
• 229 - Brodies  
• 233 - Fieldfisher         
• 234 - Browne Jacobson         
• 236 - Digby Brown     
• 240 - Freeths
• 242 - Hill Dickinson    
• 255 - DAC Beachcroft
• 256 - Ince & Co          
• 257 - Farrer & Co       
• 260 - Davis Polk & Wardell    
• 265 - Travers Smith   
• 269 - Premier Solicitors         
• 270 - Watson Farley & Williams        
• 272 - Forsters 
• 274 - Sullivan & Cromwell     
• 275 - Weil Gotshal & Manges
• 277 - BLM
• 283 - Bristows
• 290 - Bevan Brittan    
• 292 - Gowling WLG   
• 292 - Shakespeare Martineau           
• 298 - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom          
• 299 - Squire Patton Boggs
• 300 - Stevens and Bolton