Law firm longlists — Legal Cheek Awards 2024

The Legal Cheek Awards 2024 is jointly sponsored by BARBRI and BPP University Law School. For more information beyond the longlists please see the Awards homepage.

Best law firm for training 2024

Accutrainee, Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, BCLP, Bates Wells, Birketts, Burges Salmon, CMS, Clifford Chance, Farrer & Co, Forsters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Howard Kennedy, Lewis Silkin, Linklaters, Macfarlanes, Mayer Brown, Osborne Clarke, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Pinsent Masons, Shoosmiths, Slaughter and May, Squire Patton Boggs, Travers Smith, Trowers & Hamlins, Wiggin, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best law firm for quality of work 2024

Accutrainee, Akin, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bates Wells, Birketts, Brabners, Burges Salmon, Charles Russell Speechlys, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cooley, Farrer & Co, Foot Anstey, Forsters, Goodwin Procter, Harbottle & Lewis, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Howard Kennedy, Jones Day, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Kingsley Napley, Latham & Watkins, Lewis Silkin, Osborne Clarke, Payne Hicks Beach, RWK Goodman, Ropes & Gray, Shoosmiths, Sidley Austin, Travers Smith, Wiggin, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best law firm for peer support 2024

Akin, Ashfords, Ashurst, Bates Wells, Bevan Brittan, Bristows, Charles Russell Speechlys, Cooley, Debevoise & Plimpton, Express Solicitors, Fieldfisher, Forsters, Gibson Dunn, Hill Dickinson, Howard Kennedy, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Lewis Silkin, Morrison Foerster, Osborne Clarke, RPC, Shoosmiths, Squire Patton Boggs, Stephenson Harwood, TLT, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith, Wedlake Bell, Wiggin, Withers

Best law firm for partner approachability 2024

Accutrainee, Akin, Ashfords, Brabners, Bristows, Cooley, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Farrer & Co, Fieldfisher, Forsters, Howard Kennedy, Irwin Mitchell, K&L Gates, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Kennedys, Kingsley Napley, Mills & Reeve, Orrick, Osborne Clarke, RPC, Shoosmiths, Squire Patton Boggs, TLT, Trowers & Hamlins, Wedlake Bell, Wiggin, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best law firm for work/life balance 2024

Ashfords, Bevan Brittan, Birketts, Bristows, Clyde & Co, Cripps, DWF, Farrer & Co, Fieldfisher, Forsters, Gateley, HFW, Michelmores, Mills & Reeve, RWK Goodman, Russell-Cooke, Stevens & Bolton, Trowers & Hamlins, Wedlake Bell, Weightmans, Winckworth Sherwood, Womble Bond Dickinson

Best law firm for legal tech 2024

Addleshaw Goddard, Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Burges Salmon, CMS, Cooley, Dentons, Farrer & Co, Fletchers Solicitors, Kennedys, Osborne Clarke, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Shoosmiths, Stevens & Bolton, TLT, Travers Smith

Best law firm for perks 2024

Akin, Clifford Chance, Cooley, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Harbottle & Lewis, Kirkland & Ellis, Milbank, Morrison Foerster, Sidley Austin, Travers Smith, Weil Gotshal & Manges, White & Case, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best law firm office 2024

Ashurst, Bird & Bird, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cooley, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Fried Frank, Gowling WLG, Greenberg Traurig, Howard Kennedy, K&L Gates, Kingsley Napley, Lewis Silkin, Milbank, Mishcon de Reya, Morrison Foerster, Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke, Paul Hastings, Reed Smith, Sidley Austin, Stevens & Bolton, Vinson & Elkins, Walker Morris, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Best law firm for WFH 2024

Addleshaw Goddard, Akin, Allen & Overy, Bevan Brittan, Burges Salmon, Debevoise & Plimpton, Farrer & Co, Forsters, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Lewis Silkin, Michelmores, Osborne Clarke, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Shakespeare Martineau, Stevens & Bolton, TLT, Walker Morris, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Withers

Best law firm for eco-friendliness 2024

Bates Wells, Burges Salmon, Charles Russell Speechlys, Forsters, Hogan Lovells, Howard Kennedy, Kingsley Napley, Lewis Silkin, Michelmores, Orrick, Osborne Clarke, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Shakespeare Martineau, Shoosmiths, TLT, Taylor Wessing, Travers Smith

Best law firm for international secondments 2024

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Dechert, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, HFW, Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright, Watson Farley & Williams, Weil Gotshal & Manges, White & Case

Best law firm for client secondments 2024

Accutrainee, Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Bristows, CMS, Dentons, DWF, Foot Anstey, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Lewis Silkin, Linklaters, Reed Smith, Stevens & Bolton, Taylor Wessing, Walker Morris, Wiggin, Womble Bond Dickinson

Most admired law firm 2024

Addleshaw Goddard, Allen & Overy, Bird & Bird, Burges Salmon, Clifford Chance, CMS, DLA Piper, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, Mishcon de Reya, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Shoosmiths, Slaughter and May, Travers Smith, White & Case

The Legal Cheek firm of the year 2024

To be announced

Best use of social media 2024

LSE graduate and trainee at Clifford Chance, Mary-Grace Olu (TikTok)
Solicitor at Womble Bond Dickinson and founder of ‘Legally Possible’, Mia Siddique (Instagram)
LSE political science graduate and White & Case trainee solicitor Ali Obeid (TikTok)
Charley-Travis Brennan, a trainee at Irwin Mitchell and graduate from Nottingham Trent (TikTok)
Shoosmiths’ early careers social media accounts (Instagram and TikTok)
Mishcon de Reya associate and founder of ‘It’s All Hearsay’, Megan Hulme (Instagram)
Trainee at Hogan Lovells, Vera Mayzel aka ‘legallyvera’ (Instagram)
Travers Smith‘s social media accounts for graduates (Instagram and TikTok)
Henry Nelson-Case, consultant solicitor and content creator, aka ‘that corporate lawyer’ (TikTok)
Paul Gascoyne, senior recruitment manager at Shearman & Sterling (LinkedIn)
The CMS accounts for graduates, (Instagram and TikTok)
Tomas McCabe, future pupil barrister at Hailsham Chambers (TikTok)
Annabel Field, History grad from the University of Kent and PGDL student (TikTok)
Harry ter Haar, actor and comedian aka the fictional barrister ‘James Somerset’ (TikTok)
The Hogan Lovells social media accounts for graduates (Instagram and TikTok)
Alex Khoury, SQE student and Law & Politics grad from The University of Manchester (TikTok)
Jay Heer, future trainee at Simmons & Simmons and University of Warwick graduate (TikTok)

Jordan Sanga, Robbie Mullet and Aishah Hussain

The winner of this category will be decided by an independent judging panel, made up of Robbie Mullett (Made in Chelsea star and future trainee City solicitor), Jordan Sanga (Big Brother winner for 2023 and former lawyer), and Aishah Hussain (editor at Law Middle East and former Legal Cheek features editor).

Best Legal Cheek Journal contribution 2024

The future of music copyright laws by music graduate and future trainee solicitor Katrina Toner
Flexible working, inflexible stereotypes by psychology graduate Darcie Summers
How election legislation has failed the UK’s visually-impaired voters by maths graduate and aspiring barrister Lauren Slade
Navigating bias in generative AI by PPE student and aspiring solicitor Charlie Downey
Competition chronicles: Microsoft vs the CMA and FTC by law student and aspiring commercial solicitor Dara Adefemi
Access to justice: how can we do more? by law student Sophia McKenna
Failure to prevent fraud and what it means for businesses by aspiring barrister Shifra Moriarty
Could you be fired by a robot – and would UK anti-discrimination law protect you? by law graduate and future trainee solicitor Puja Patel
Legal Takeaway: Who’s who for Deliveroo? by aspiring solicitor Joshua Masson
Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation: why was this new offence necessary and what has been its impact? by English graduate and aspiring barrister Lucy Sutton

Suzi Ring, Lord Burrows and I. Stephanie Boyce

The winner of this category will be decided by an independent judging panel, made up of The Right Hon Lord Burrows (Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom), I. Stephanie Boyce (Former President of the Law Society of England and Wales), and Suzi Ring (Legal Correspondent at the Financial Times).