LC.N Awards shortlist announced

Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 10th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards (TARAs). The awards will be presented on 16 May 2013 during a glamorous event held at the Design Museum, overlooking Tower Bridge and the River Thames.

This year again recognises the importance of influential individuals, with the Best Training Principal and Law Lecturer of the Year awards. Within the core awards for training and recruitment by firm (large and small, City and regional), we see nominations for multiple winners such as Baker & McKenzie, Travers Smith, Burges Salmon and Mills & Reeve, whose consistent excellence has been apparent over the years.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Recruiter - Large City Firm

Ashurst LLP
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Mayer Brown International LLP
Nabarro LLP
Norton Rose
Slaughter and May

Best Trainer - Large City Firm

Baker & McKenzie
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clyde & Co LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Hogan Lovells
Reed Smith
Taylor Wessing

Best Recruiter - Medium City Firm

Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP
Farrer & Co LLP
Ince & Co LLP
Macfarlanes LLP
Penningtons Solicitors LLP
RPC
Travers Smith LLP

Best Trainer - Medium City Firm

Bristows
Collyer Bristow LLP
Farrer & Co LLP
Forsters LLP
Goodman Derrick LLP
Hodge Jones & Allen LLP
Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Best Recruiter - US Firm in the City

Covington & Burling LLP
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Best Trainer - US Firm in the City

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Latham & Watkins
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Best Recruiter - National/Large Regional Firm

Blake Lapthorn
Burges Salmon
DLA Piper UK LLP
DWF LLP
Osborne Clarke
Walker Morris
Wragge & Co LLP

Best Trainer - National/ Large Regional Firm

Bevan Brittan LLP
Bond Pearce LLP
Browne Jacobson LLP
Freeth Cartwright LLP
Irwin Mitchell
Mills & Reeve LLP
Shoosmiths

Best Recruiter - Medium Regional Firm

Blandy & Blandy LLP
Cripps Harries Hall LLP
Nockolds
Tees Solicitors
Trethowans LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Best Trainer - Medium Regional Firm

EMW Law LLP
Michelmores
Mundays LLP
Thomas Eggar
Thomson Snell & Passmore
Wortley Byers LLP

Best Recruiter - Small Firm

Alan Edwards & Co
Atherton Godfrey
Reynolds Parry Jones LLP
Thackray Williams LLP
Wrigleys Solicitors LLP

Best Trainer - Small Firm

Accutrainee
Atherton Godfrey
Davis Blank Furniss
Maples Teesdale LLP
Short Richardson & Forth LLP

Best Work Placement Scheme - City Firm

Charles Russell LLP
Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP
Kennedys
Mayer Brown International LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Speechly Bircham LLP

Best Work Placement Scheme - Regional Firm

Bond Pearce LLP
Burges Salmon
Mills & Reeve LLP
Osborne Clarke
Tees Solicitors
Thomas Eggar

Best Training Principal (large trainee intake)

Edward Miller - Field Fisher Waterhouse
Bob Hughes - Freeth Cartwright LLP
Andrew Coates - Kennedys
John Hornby - Macfarlanes LLP
Alexander Brown - Simmons & Simmons LLP
Suzanne Todd - Withers LLP

Best Training Principal (small trainee intake)

Graham French - Alan Edwards & Co
Diane Parker - Atherton Godfrey
Nicholas Belcher - Nockolds
Tabitha Cave - Veale Wasbrough Vizards
Valerie James - Wrigleys Solicitors LLP

Commendation for Diversity

No nominees

Law Lecturer of the Year

Rodney Brazier - University of Manchester
Matt Gibson - University of Liverpool
Candida Harris - University of Plymouth
David Hodgkinson - University of Derby
Luke Mason - University of Surrey
Graham Virgo - University of Cambridge