As the dust settles on London’s annual round of legal salary reviews and the publication of autumn qualifying retention rates, it’s worth considering the importance of not only attracting, but recruiting and retaining the very best young lawyers.
Across the profession we continue to see substantial growth in demand for English law qualified lawyers. It’s the reason why so many firms have invested heavily in their trainee programmes in recent years. And, with candidates coming from diverse backgrounds, law firms aren’t just competing with each other for the best graduates, but with other professional service organisations as well.
