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  • Allen & Overy keeps 91% of spring 2016 qualifiers

    • 2 Mar 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Allen & Overy has kept on 91 per cent of its spring 2016 newly-qualified solicitors.

  • BLP records 70 per cent retention for spring 2016

    • 1 Mar 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Berwin Leighton Paisner has kept on 14 of 20 qualifying trainees this spring, giving it a retention rate of 70 per cent.

  • South London JLD raises super-exam concerns

    • 29 Feb 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The Junior Lawyers Division has raised concerns that the SRA’s proposed Solicitors’ Qualification Exam (SQE) will have a negative impact on the cost of qualifying and the quality of new solicitors.

  • Housing crisis: law firms lag accountants in graduate support

    • 29 Feb 2016
    • Jonathon Manning

    Linklaters is lagging behind accountancy firm Deloitte in its attempt to attract talent to London by offering preferential rental terms at new housing developments.

  • Osborne Clarke notches 100% retention for spring 2016

    • 16 Feb 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Osborne Clarke has retained all seven of its spring 2016 qualifying trainees.

  • Demand for in-house lawyers rockets

    • 10 Feb 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    Vacancies for legal jobs increased by 40 per cent last year, according to a new report.

  • “Dangerous dumbing down” – academics slam SRA training proposals

    • 9 Feb 2016
    • Richard Simmons

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s proposed reforms to legal education are “dangerous for the solicitors’ profession and dangerous for those thinking of joining it in the future,” an academic has argued.