Report this comment to a moderator

Cobbetts trainees still face uncertainty as DWF remains tight-lipped on contracts

Why? Every law firm makes an assessment of the needs of their firm when deciding on how many trainees to take on. If it doesn't make financial sense to take on these extra staff then you're asking all the other DWF staff to subsidise their positions. Why should future trainees be treated better than hard working NQs? It should be noted that John Marshall of Bond Dickinson announced on 10th January 2013 (see Lawyer 2b) that he envisages in the new firm, the number of training contracts "will increase". As far as I'm aware no additional training contracts have been announced by Dickinson Dees-Bond Pearce since 10 January. This would be the perfect time for Bond Dickinson to announce they'll take on the Cobbetts intake for 2013 and 2014, thereby dispelling any perception that the announcement in the Lawyer 2b was mere sales fluff that used the hopes of trainees to generate publicity. Over to you Bond Dickinson. Be the hero today.

6-Feb-2013

7:26 am