Recruitment IndexLaw firms are set to defy gloomy economic forecasts by significantly stepping up their recruitment activity during the next three months, according to the Legal Week/Chadwick Nott recruitment index.

Month two of this new monthly survey of more than 100 law firm recruitment decision makers, finds 29% of the respondents expecting to increase their recruitment activity during the next three months either by ‘a little’ (24%) or ‘a lot’ (5%).