Survey results

Legal Week’s in-depth survey of the country’s top law firms offers the big picture on just what law firms offer their assistants and associates – from salary, to soft benefits, to career progression. Read on to find out how your law firm fares and how the competition stacks up. Derek Bedlow and Sophie Evans report

“People increasingly ask employers ‘what can you do for me?’” says Clare Roberts, a human resources (HR) consultant with PA Consulting. “Ten years ago, that would have been unheard of. They have a different attitude to work and employers are having to rethink their proposition to potential recruits.”