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Dentons revamps training contract in bid to make trainees more resilient

Global law firm wants to create ‘more good days at work’

2 days ago
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Tribunal praises trainee solicitor who ‘picked up pieces’ after boss abandoned firm to go ‘travelling’

Rookie left to face ‘angry clients’

Jan 15 2020 1:40pm
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Clifford Chance becomes first magic circle firm to reveal spring trainee retention score — 85%

34 out of 40 stay put

Jan 13 2020 2:14pm
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The law firms with the swankiest offices in the UK

Cue major office envy

Jan 9 2020 8:57am
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Mayer Brown posts 80% spring 2020 trainee retention score

4 out of 5

Jan 8 2020 8:51am
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Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2020

Junior lawyers are a pretty pampered bunch but which firms offer the perkiest of perks?

Jan 2 2020 8:47am
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Legal technology: what does the next decade hold for law firms?

Three CMS lawyers share their thoughts

Dec 19 2019 1:36pm
Eve Cornwell gives fans ‘unfiltered’ tour of Linklaters’ London office

On-site gym, coffee on tap, a pick-and-mix counter and piano recitals are just some of the perks seen at magic circle firm

Dec 19 2019 8:45am
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Four fintech predictions from four seriously clued-up lawyers

Practice area insight from experts at Linklaters

Dec 13 2019 1:38pm
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How technology is changing the business of law

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

Dec 12 2019 2:12pm
Clyde & Co to offer six month data science seats to trainee lawyers

New TC option sees rookies work alongside machine learning engineers and computer whizzes from UCL

Dec 10 2019 8:46am
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Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2019-20

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Dec 6 2019 8:58am
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Revealed: Law firms’ average arrive and leave the office times 2019-20

Who’s totting-up 12 hour workdays and who’s home in time for Tipping Point?

Nov 29 2019 9:09am
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Exclusive research: average time trainees and junior lawyers spend at work falls to lowest in four years

As pay keeps rising

Nov 21 2019 10:17am
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Stephenson Harwood apologises after trainees caught laughing at training contract applications on train

Overheard by lawyer

Oct 11 2019 11:12am
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Reed Smith launches ‘innovation seats’ for London trainees

Follows appointment of new innovation chief

Sep 23 2019 8:42am
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Norton Rose Fulbright retains 20 out of 26 autumn qualifying trainees

Score of 77%

Sep 19 2019 11:24am
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Document deception sees trainee solicitor removed from profession

Rookie says he’s learned from experience

Sep 19 2019 10:37am
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Baker McKenzie bumps trainee pay by 7% as it confirms autumn retention score

£48,000 in year one, rising to £52,000 in year two

Sep 19 2019 8:45am
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Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students time

New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm

Sep 11 2019 11:11am
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Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%

£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two

Sep 9 2019 10:57am
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