Firm | Score |
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Boyes Turner | 86.0 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 86.0 |
Thrings LLP | 84.6 |
Leathes Prior | 82.3 |
Stephens Scown LLP | 82.3 |
Maples Teesdale LLP | 81.7 |
Covington & Burling LLP | 81.3 |
Irwin Mitchell LLP | 81.3 |
Forbes Solicitors | 80.8 |
Steele Raymond LLP | 80.3 |
Hill Dickinson LLP | 79.6 |
Cripps Pemberton Greenish LLP | 79.1 |
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | 77.8 |
Reed Smith LLP | 77.4 |
Roythornes Solicitors | 77.4 |
Blaser Mills Law | 77.4 |
Brabners LLP | 77.4 |
TLT LLP | 77.1 |
Osborne Clarke | 76.8 |
Birketts LLP | 76.0 |
Fox Williams LLP | 76.0 |
Gordons LLP | 76.0 |
Travers Smith LLP | 75.7 |
Farrer & Co LLP | 75.6 |
Wilkin Chapman LLP | 75.5 |
Clyde & Co | 75.3 |
Edwin Coe LLP | 75.3 |
Mills & Reeve | 74.6 |
Hugh James | 74.5 |
How would you rate the work/life balance at your firm?
The legal industry is no stranger to long hours. Worse, trainees are bottom of the food chain and can be dealt the most gruelling hours of all. Before you decide where to apply, it’s worth thinking about how important work/life balance is to you. As a general rule, smaller and mid-sized firms tend to have slightly more reasonable hours than City of London giants or international outfits which work across different time zones. That said, some firms are better at addressing the work/life balance than others. A firm that cares about your wellbeing should have systems in place to check that work is distributed evenly among the team and even offer some respite following a particularly busy case or transaction. These Lex 100 Winner firms have struck the right equilibrium. Click on a firm name to read their Lex 100 profile and see how they scored in other categories.