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DWF keeps on 89% of newly-qualified lawyers in 2010 trainee intake
By Suzi Ring | November 3, 2010
DWF has kept on 16 of 18 newly-qualified (NQs) lawyers in this year's intake, equating to a retention rate of 89%. The firm, which runs just one trainee intake per year, offered all 18 trainees a role at the firm, with two opting not to accept. Six of the NQs will now be based in the firm's LManchester office, with five in Liverpool, four in Leeds and one in London.
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Top 30 trainee retention returns to more than 80% as economy turns
By Sofia Lind | August 4, 2010
Trainee retention rates at the UK's leading law firms are recovering strongly this year as activity levels begin to pick up in the wake of the downturn. The average retention rate for September intakes across the UK top 30 firms currently stands at 81%, an improvement of seven percentage points on September 2009, based on the number of qualifying trainees due to remain at their firm.
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CC increases retention rates to 79% for September qualifying intake
By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2010
Clifford Chance (CC) has improved its trainee retention rates with 79% of September qualifiers due to remain with the magic circle firm. The offer rate at the firm stood at 82%, as CC offered 60 jobs to 73 qualifiers, from which 58 have accepted a role with the firm. The numbers mark an improvement of almost 10% on the rates at the City giant in March this year and in September 2009, when the retention rate stood at 70% on both occasions.
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UK top 30 trainee retention stable as results reveal rates above 90%
By Sofia Lind | June 29, 2010
Initial indications show trainee retention rates at the UK's leading law firms are largely stable as a number of firms announce the proportion of September qualifiers to be offered places. Top performers include Slaughter and May, which has posted a 93% retention rate, with the firm set to keep 57 of a total 61 qualifiers after 60 applied for a position.
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Olswang and McGrigors unveil low retention rates for September NQ intakes
By Suzi Ring | June 18, 2010
Olswang has kept on just 14 of the 24 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in the firm's September intake, equating to a retention rate of 58%. The firm has said that it did offer 19 places to its trainees, but that some departments were oversubscribed.
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Addleshaws heads up 2010 trainee retention rankings with 89% of March intake kept on
By Suzi Ring | March 17, 2010
Addleshaw Goddard retained the highest number of March 2010 qualifying trainees in the UK top 30, with the national law firm keeping 89% of its intake. The firm kept on eight of the nine trainees qualifying and 100% of those applying for jobs, putting its retention rate narrowly ahead of those recorded by Nabarro and Wragge & Co and significantly above the 75% average across the top 30 as a whole.
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Trainee retention at UK top 30 falls below 80%
By Suzi Ring | March 10, 2010
Trainee retention rates across the UK's top 30 law firms have been hit by the ongoing economic downturn, with most firms with March 2010 intakes retaining under 80% of their newly-qualified lawyers. Legal Week research shows the average retention rate for March 2010 stood at 75%, comparing acceptances with the number of qualifiers, a drop of nearly 10% on the 83% retention rate reported in March 2009.
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Dentons opts to keep on just one trainee from March intake
By Sofia Lind | February 10, 2010
Denton Wilde Sapte is to retain just one of the seven trainees due to qualify at the firm in March. Two trainees withdrew from the qualification process, but of the five remaining, Dentons chose to offer a position to only one. The decision means the firm's retention rate stands at just 20% of those applying and 14% of the total intake.
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Lovells sees retention rates rise with 81% of March intake kept on
By Jeremy Hodges | February 9, 2010
Lovells has retained 81% of its March intake of newly-qualified lawyers, with 26 of 32 applicants winning jobs at the City firm. The news marks a significant increase on September 2009's retention rate of 69%, when 36 trainees from a qualifying intake of 40 applied for a job at the firm, with a total of 25 taken on. Last March's intake saw a retention rate of 78%.
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Linklaters keeps on 79% of applicants from March trainee intake
By Jeremy Hodges | January 26, 2010
Linklaters is to retain 49 of its current trainee intake, representing a 79% retention rate after 62 applied for a newly-qualified role at the firm. Of the 67 trainees due to qualify from the current intake, five resigned before the application process commenced.
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