Slaughter and May, Ashurst and SNR Denton have all posted healthy September trainee retention rates, with Slaughters set to keep on 91% of its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers.

Forty-two of Slaughter’s 46 qualified trainees have been offered places at the firm, with the 91% figure marginally up on the firm’s March intake this year, when 90% were kept on at the magic circle firm. A further two trainees resigned from the firm before the qualification process began.