The Lex 100 Survey
We sent online surveys to graduate recruitment managers at the UK's largest law firms. 174 firms successfully took part and distributed our survey to their trainees.
The Student Column
We’ve created The Student Column as a place where current students who have accepted a training contract can offer their own 10 Top Tips on a range of different topics.
Career Clinic
Our information-packed hub of guides, advice and articles on how to improve your CV, applications, interview performance and networking skills.
Application Deadlines
Upcoming vacation scheme and training contract application deadlines. Identify the firms that you’re applying to and make sure to begin your preparations in good time.
Trainee Retention Rates
Here’s our regularly updated table of the spring 2016 trainee retention rates.
International Seats
The overseas seat opportunities offered by international firms are a major attraction for many budding lawyers...
Featured Firms
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Work Experience Opportunity: The Norton Rose Fulbright GP Challenge
International law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and famous client McLaren Honda have teamed up to offer undergraduate students a fantastic work experience opportunity.
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Firm snapshot: The Irwin Mitchell training contract
For Irwin Mitchell’s full Lex 100 2016/17 profile, see here
Respondents to our survey praised Irwin Mitchell’s ‘uniquely tailored training contract’, which consists of the ‘two streams’ of personal legal services and business legal services. The ‘comprehensive training’ is complemented by ‘direct client contact and substantive work’. Areas of expertise include claimant work on clinical negligence and personal injury cases.
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CMS, Olswang and Nabarro vote in favour of merger
After weeks of speculation, CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang have voted to combine, taking on the CMS brand and giving Camerons over 1,000 partners and revenues of around £450m in the UK.
The merger is due to complete on 1 May 2017. Nabarro and Olswang will join the CMS UK LLP partnership, which will be catchily renamed CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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Freshfields and ULaw team up for paralegal apprenticeship scheme in Manchester
Freshfields has announced it is set to employ paralegal apprentices in its Legal Services Centre in Manchester, with the first intake scheduled to start in October 2016.
During this two-year programme apprentices will study with the University of Law (ULaw) and its training partner Damar Training while gaining invaluable office-based experience at Freshfields’ Manchester office, which opened in 2015 as a support hub for low-cost services.
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Mayer Brown retains two-thirds of September qualifiers
Mayer Brown has announced a 67% retention rate for this September, recruiting six of the nine-strong cohort into NQ roles.
Three qualifiers will join the banking and finance department, two head to the litigation and dispute resolution group, and one qualifies into the antitrust and competition team.
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