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. 

Several law firms are rewarding their staff with extra pay or holiday as a ‘thank you’ for their efforts during the pandemic.

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. 

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is the latest to move permanently away from compulsory office attendance, but national firm Duncan Lewis has bucked the trend of organisations downsizing office space by relocating to central London.

The country's law firms are beginning to show signs of growth after fee incomes dropped by 6.5% in 2009, according to research from the Law Society's Management Section.

In a gradual but consistent improvement, 10 law firms now appear in this year’s workplace equality index, which is annually compiled by the gay rights charity, Stonewall.

Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie are among the top law firms raising funds to support India through its covid-19 crisis.

Clifford Chance and Irwin Mitchell are the latest firms to reveal their gender and ethnicity pay gap figures, with both reporting a decreased gap compared to previous years.

An innovative partnership between leading law firms, barristers’ chambers and the University of Manchester is developing the field of lawtech with plans to introduce a new, specialist qualification that sets the skills standard for lawyers working with legal technology.

Several top law firms have signed up to a London-based hybrid internship scheme that offers the chance to gain a rounded introduction to commercial property.

City law firm Addleshaw Goddard is set to move to the heart of London’s square mile having signed a 15-year lease on a new office opposite the Bank of England. 

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.

LGBT rights charity Stonewall has named nine City law firms as top employers for their commitment to employment equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans staff. The law firms make up more than half of the total shortlist, which named 17 organisations in total.

Many law firms have produced "horrendous" applications for smartphones, while others are still operating websites which are incompatible with mobile devices, according to a report by notable business consultant Kim Tasso.

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. 

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and seven other law firms have been ranked among the top 100 graduate employers, compiled by The Times.

Simmons & Simmons LLP and TLT LLP have launched joint training contracts with Barclays aimed at aspiring financial services lawyers. 

Several law firms, including Clifford Chance and Macfarlanes LLP, have launched a leadership-led, cross-firm collective developed to improve the representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK legal profession.