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The Social Mobility Foundation revealed its top 75 UK employers for social mobility earlier in the week, with law firms making up 30% of the listed employers.
Walker Morris, a distinctive and independent top 100 UK law firm, has introduced a new sabbatical scheme for lawyers.
The Race Fairness Commitment has been adopted by 17 top law firms in partnership with Rare Recruitment as part of their long-term strategies to help recruit, retain and develop black, Asian and minority ethnic talent within the legal profession.
On 8 June 170 guests from 72 law firms attended the eighth annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards (the TARAs).
Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 11th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.
The recruitment of lawyers has reached its highest level since before the covid-19 pandemic forced the country into lockdown, according to new labour market data for England and Wales.
The LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards has once again recognised the outstanding contributions made by the firms and individuals who give their time and expertise for free to help others who cannot afford to pay for legal services.
The winners of the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2012 have been announced following a glamorous awards dinner held in June.
On 22 May 2014 the LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards celebrated their 11th year with over 200 recruiters, partners, trainees and other friends joining the LawCareers.Net team for a glamorous presentation at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London.
The outstanding achievements of professionals across the legal sector have been celebrated by the Law Society.
Many firms offer to pay their future trainees’ GDL and LPC fees, if they have been recruited while an undergraduate
Many firms offer to pay their future trainees’ GDL and LPC fees, if they have been recruited while an undergraduate.
During a panel event of an open day I attended, the panellists shared their most interesting cases.
First-year students are increasingly being targeted by top 20 law firms eager to reach the best candidates before their rivals.
A group of Legal Sector Alliance members have unveiled their carbon footprints in a coordinated move, revealing a significant drop in emissions.
Candidates from working class backgrounds are being locked out of the legal profession, says Alan Milburn, chair of the Social Mobility Foundation and a former cabinet minister.
Browne Jacobson LLP (alongside PwC) tops the UK’s Social Mobility Employer Index for the third time, with magic circle law firms Slaughter and May, Linklaters LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP also featuring in this year’s top 10.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, A&O Shearman and Linklaters LLP have announced the retention rates for their trainees due to qualify this spring, reaching 88%, 84% and 75%, respectively.
Recent research suggests that nearly half of the top 200 UK law firms have won business directly through social media engagement, though fewer than a quarter of these have so far integrated social media into their marketing strategies.
Browne Jacobson LLP, Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP are among 41 law firms on the 2023 Social Mobility Employer Index, with the legal profession retaining its place as the best-represented sector in the index this year.
