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  • Fried Frank to launch training contract with KWM trainees

    • 16 Jan 2017
    • Richard Simmons

    Fried Frank is to launch its own training contract in London with the hire of three trainees from King and Wood Mallesons (KWM).

  • Ashurst looking to rescue at least three KWM trainees

    • 13 Jan 2017
    • Richard Simmons

    Ashurst has confirmed that it will “almost definitely” take some of King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) trainees on.

  • KWM to cancel training contracts tomorrow

    • 12 Jan 2017
    • Richard Simmons

    King & Wood Mallesons trainees will have their training contracts cancelled tomorrow (Friday 13) as the firm makes arrangements for them to transition to other organisations.

  • Slaughter and May posts 100 per cent retention rate

    • 19 Dec 2016
    • Rachel Moloney

    Slaughter and May has revealed a retention rate of 100 per cent for its March 2017 qualifiers.

  • The 10 biggest career stories of 2016

    • 19 Dec 2016
    • Tabby Kinder

    The Lawyer’s My Career Story series is one of our most popular features, in which we profile lawyers who have done something different in their careers.

  • Slaughters to bring in associate sabbaticals after year-long employee review

    • 14 Dec 2016
    • Rachel Moloney

    Slaughter and May has introduced sabbaticals and flexible working options for its associates as part of a major review of the firm’s employee benefits.

  • Firms move to rescue trainees as KWM teeters on the brink

    • 13 Dec 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The future of trainees at King & Wood Mallesons is uncertain today as the firm has failed to find a rescue deal.

  • CMS offers £10,000 to future trainees to defer for six months

    • 6 Dec 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    CMS, Nabarro and Olswang have confirmed that they will honour all training contract offers when the three firms merge.

  • Preventing suicide: the signs to look out for

    • 6 Dec 2016
    • Ruth Fenton

    With the end of the year in sight it is a difficult time for many people. It is so sad to hear when talented legal professionals take their own life. Here is how you can help others you may be worried about.

  • ITV partners with Slaughters and US firm for solicitor apprenticeship

    • 28 Nov 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    ITV has partnered with Slaughter and May and US firm Arnold & Porter to deliver its solicitor apprenticeship.

  • Research: partnership track now averages ten years

    • 15 Nov 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    It now takes an average of ten years to make partner, new research has found.

  • Brexit tops list of junior lawyers’ career concerns

    • 4 Nov 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Young lawyers are more concerned by the effects of Brexit than any other career worry.

  • Research: Variety more important than work-life balance to contract lawyers

    • 31 Oct 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Variety of work, rather than better work-life balance, is the chief reason lawyers take up freelance roles, according to a new survey.

  • University of Law gets fifth CEO in two years

    • 23 Oct 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The University of Law has gained a fifth chief executive in two years. Dr Stelios Platis had been in post for only five months.

  • Demand for tech associates jumps dramatically in 2016

    • 23 Oct 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The demand for technology, media and telecoms lawyers has risen dramatically in 2016, new research has revealed.

  • Super-exam: SRA aims for 2019 as it revises proposals

    • 2 Oct 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The new way of qualifying as a solicitor should be in place by 2019 and be built around four key tenets, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said.

  • Slaughter and May retention: 89% stay on

    • 28 Sep 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Slaughter and May has retained 89 per cent of its autumn 2016 qualifiers.

  • What to do if you’re left without an NQ job on qualification

    • 27 Sep 2016
    • The Lawyer

    As September draws to an end so too does the autumn qualification round for final seat trainees. Thankfully, by now most newly qualified solicitors (NQs) will be settling into their new roles, be that with the firm they trained with or somewhere completely different.

  • Clifford Chance slashes trainee numbers

    • 18 Sep 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Clifford Chance is to reduce its trainee numbers by 20 per cent from September 2018.

  • DLA Piper raises NQ salaries to £70,000

    • 15 Sep 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    DLA Piper has raised salaries for its trainees and lawyers