Welcome to The Lawyer HR Awards 2009

If the law is a people business, then managing your people is paramount. Now in its third year, The Lawyer HR Awards are the only awards dedicated to HR and people management in the legal profession. Our aim is to celebrate excellence in the effective deployment of HR strategy. After all, the profile and importance of HR professionals in the legal profession has never been higher. Talent - finding it, keeping it, managing it - has become critical to the success of every law firm and legal department in the country.


THIS YEAR'S WINNERS

BEST GRADUATE TRAINEE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

Winner
Addleshaw Goddard

Shortlisted
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Hammonds
Hill Dickinson
Irwin Mitchell
Linklaters


BEST BRANDING CAMPAIGN

Winner
Boyes Turner

Shortlisted
Linklaters
Lovells


BEST IN-HOUSE/PUBLIC SECTOR RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

Winner
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Shortlisted
BAE Systems
British Telecommunications Legal
Diageo


BEST RECRUITMENT WEBSITE

Winner
Allen & Overy

Shortlisted
Baker & McKenzie
Bristows
Clifford Chance
Hammonds
Herbert Smith


MOST INNOVATIVE RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE

Winner
Berwin Leighton Paisner

Highly commended
KingsLegal

Shortlisted
Addleshaw Goddard
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Lovells


BEST INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE

Winner
Linklaters

Shortlisted
Clyde & Co
Denton Wilde Sapte
Lovells


MOST EFFECTIVE DIVERSITY PROGRAMME

Winner
Eversheds

Highly commended
Pinsent Masons

Shortlisted
Allen & Overy
Baker & McKenzie
Herbert Smith
Linklaters



INNOVATION IN TALENT MANAGEMENT & RETENTION

Winner
Lovells

Highly commended
Linklaters

Shortlisted
Addleshaw Goddard
Norton Rose
Pinsent Masons
Withers


MOST EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SCHEME

Winner
Berwin Leighton Paisner

Shortlisted
Beachcroft
Denton Wilde Sapte
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Lovells


BEST CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE

Winner
Herbert Smith

Highly commended
Lovells

Shortlisted
Baker & McKenzie
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
Nabarro


MOST EFFECTIVE INTERNAL COMMUNICATION

Winner
SJ Berwin

Highly commended
Blake Lapthorn
Clifford Chance

Shortlisted
Addleshaw Goddard
Lovells
Pinsent Masons


AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TRAINING

Winner
CMS Cameron McKenna

Highly commended
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Linklaters

Shortlisted
Ashurst
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Lovells
Stephenson Harwood


HR DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Winner
Annette Sheridan, Mayer Brown

Highly commended
Jill King, Linklaters

Shortlisted
Martin Blackburn, Baker & McKenzie
Geoff Griffin, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Kay Willis, Lovells


HR TEAM OF THE YEAR

Winner
SJ Berwin

Shortlisted
Addleshaw Goddard
Brodies
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Hammonds
Pinsent Masons
Withers