On Thursday 16 March Legal Cheek will be holding its inaugural awards at The Executive Suite, 33 Finsbury Square, Moorgate, London — supported by sponsor for the evening BARBRI International.
The winning firms will be announced for each category of the Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey, selected from our published shortlists (see below) for Training, Quality of Work, Peer Support, Partner Approachability, Work/Life Balance, International Secondment Opportunities, Perks, Workplace, Canteen, Social Life, and — to be announced next week — Most Admired Law Firm. There are further awards for Best Use of Social Media, Best Institution-Run Commercial Awareness Blog and Best Legal Cheek Journal Contribution.
Best Law Firm for Training 2017
Burges Salmon
Bird & Bird
Linklaters
Travers Smith
Taylor Wessing
Osborne Clarke
Mayer Brown
Macfarlanes
Herbert Smith Freehills
Bristows
Revealed: the best law firms to train with in Britain [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Quality of Work 2017
TLT
Trowers & Hamlins
Shearman & Sterling
Mills & Reeve
Kirkland & Ellis
Burges Salmon
Mishcon de Reya
Bristows
Osborne Clarke
The law firms that give trainees and junior lawyers the best quality of work [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Peer Support 2017
Dentons
Baker McKenzie
Osborne Clarke
Berwin Leighton Paisner
TLT
Travers Smith
Bristows
Trowers & Hamlins
Taylor Wessing
The law firms with the friendliest trainees in Britain [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Partner Approachability 2017
RPC
Shearman & Sterling
Baker McKenzie
Trowers & Hamlins
Osborne Clarke
Fieldfisher
Travers Smith
Bristows
TLT
The law firms with the most approachable partners in Britain [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Work/Life Balance 2017
Shoosmiths
Fieldfisher
K&L Gates
Howard Kennedy
Trowers & Hamlins
Bristows
Bird & Bird
Taylor Wessing
The best law firms for work/life balance [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for International Secondments 2017
White & Case
Watson Farley & Williams
Linklaters
Herbert Smith Freehills
Dechert
Shearman & Sterling
CMS Cameron McKenna
Norton Rose Fulbright
Research: the firms that offer the most international secondments [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Perks 2017
Freshfields
Kirkland & Ellis
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Shearman & Sterling
Linklaters
Taylor Wessing
Allen & Overy
The best corporate law firm perks in London [Legal Cheek]
Most Impressive Law Firm Office 2017
Kirkland & Ellis
Reed Smith
CMS Cameron McKenna
Norton Rose Fulbright
Mishcon de Reya
Burges Salmon
K&L Gates
Howard Kennedy
Clifford Chance
The fanciest law firm offices in Britain [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm Canteen 2017
Watson Farley & Williams
Linklaters
Gowling WLG
Reed Smith
Burges Salmon
Allen & Overy
Taylor Wessing
Mishcon de Reya
Revealed: which law firms have the best canteens [Legal Cheek]
Best Law Firm for Social Life 2017
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Jones Day
Travers Smith
Shearman & Sterling
Taylor Wessing
Burges Salmon
Squire Patton Boggs
The law firms with the best social life [Legal Cheek]
Most Admired Law Firm 2017
Freshfields
Latham & Watkins
Slaughter and May
Pinsent Masons
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Mishcon de Reya
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire [Legal Cheek]
The Trainee and Junior Lawyer Firm of the Year 2017
Osborne Clarke
Travers Smith
Shearman & Sterling
Baker McKenzie
Trowers & Hamlins
Taylor Wessing
Bristows
Burges Salmon
Revealed: The shortlist for the Trainee and Junior Lawyer Firm of the Year 2017 [Legal Cheek]
The winners of the first 12 categories are based on the results of the Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey. The winners of the final three categories will be decided by independent judging panels (Best Use of Social Media 2017 — Afua Hirsh, Colm Nugent, Rachel Tandy; Best Commercial Awareness Blog 2017 — Emily Albou, Catherine Calder, Lisa Pavlovsky; Best Legal Cheek Journal Contribution — Liz Dux, Robin Sellers, Philip Kolvin QC)
Best Use of Social Media 2017
Life in a Law Firm
Emoticon Case Law
Hogan Lovells’ collaboration with Aspiring Solicitors
The Cambridge Bubble
Client stories by Fletchers
Joshua Rozenberg’s Facebook page
The Legal Diaries
Tunde Okewale and Urban Lawyers
Pupillage Interviews Uncovered
Katherine Baker’s YouTube channel
Best Commercial Awareness Blog 2017
Freshfields’ Digital Blog
Clyde & Co’s Insurance Hub
Cleary Gottlieb’s M&A and Corporate Governance Watch Blog
Pinsent Masons’ Outlaw Blog
RPC’s Trainees Take on Business Blog
Ashurst’s Finance Hub
The BPP Law and Business Blogs
LexisNexis’ Future of Law Blog
Bond Dickinson’s Fintech Hub
Fieldfisher’s SnIPpets IP blog
Best Legal Cheek Journal Contribution 2017
Tom English, Swansea University
Ali Farooq, Leeds Beckett University
John-Mark Tawadrous, Southampton Solent University
Alex Bedford, University of Law
Kristyna Muhlfeitova, LSE
Peter Baker, Aberystwyth University
Alex Shattock, Cambridge University
Michael Walker, Cambridge University
Dalia Damanhouri, SOAS
Joel Wish, Exeter University