⭐ Trainee retention 2023: live
All the latest from the 2023 retention rounds. For our 2022 live blog go here
⭐ Trainee retention 2022: Live
The latest trainee retention results from the autumn 2022 round.
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Clifford Chance becomes final magic circle firm to publish spring retention
Clifford Chance has posted its trainee retention figures for spring 2022, the last of the magic circle to do so. With 46 trainees reaching the end of their final seat, 41 applied for jobs and the firm made offers to 34 of them. In the end 32 accepted newly-qualified roles at the firm, giving Clifford […]
Allen & Overy retention
Allen & Overy has retained 33 of its 38 qualifying trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) roles, or 87 per cent. All are on permanent contracts. Thirty-five has applied for NQ jobs at the firm, with offers made to 34. Graduate recruitment partner James Partridge said: “Congratulations to all of our March qualifiers. To qualify at the […]
Freshfields publishes spring retention
Freshfields has published its trainee retention result for spring 2022. The firm offered newly qualified (NQ) positions to all of its 37 final-seat trainees, with 34 accepting, a 92 per cent retention rate. The firm did not disclose, however, how many were on fixed-term contracts. Training partner Craig Montgomery said: “We are very pleased that many […]
Spring trainee retention season starts with Linklaters, Simmons and BCLP results
Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to reveal its trainee retention figures for spring 2022, keeping 49 of 52 (94 per cent) of its qualifiers. All are on permanent contracts and one will be based in Dubai. Elsewhere, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Simmons & Simmons have also published their figures. […]
Hogan Lovells, HFW, Walker Morris and DWF post retention
More firms have revealed their trainee retention figures for the autumn. Hogan Lovells has kept on 24 of its 26 qualifiers in newly-qualified (NQ) roles. One is Birmingham-based, and one of the 23 London qualifiers is on a fixed term contract. Ten join the litigation, arbitration and employment group, six go to corporate, three each […]
Trainee retention out at Bakers, Simmons, Eversheds and Burges Salmon
More firms have revealed their retention figures for the autumn. Eversheds Sutherland has retained 45 out of its 50 final-seat trainees in newly qualified (NQ) roles, or 90 per cent. All are on permanent contracts, and four are in Hong Kong. Of the five trainees who are leaving one withdrew before interviews took place after […]
Taylor Wessing, CMS and Fieldfisher among firms publishing retention results
DAC Beachcroft has kept on 13 of its 16 qualifying trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) roles this autumn, a result of 81 per cent. Eight will be based in London, three in Bristol and one each in Leeds and Manchester, with four joining the insurance team, two professional/commercial risk, one clinical risk, one commercial health, two […]
Clifford Chance retention falls to 70%
Clifford Chance is to keep on 70 per cent of its qualifying trainees this autumn. Some 47 of the firm’s 53 trainees applied for newly-qualified (NQ) jobs with the magic circle firm, and the firm offered jobs to 42 of them. In the end, only 37 will stay, giving a retention rate of 70 per […]
No NQ salary rise this year as Clydes posts retention
Clyde & Co has posted its retention results for the autumn, keeping on 37 of 47 final-seat trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) jobs. Thirty-one of 37 London trainees took NQ jobs (including one going to work in Guildford, one to Dubai and one to Doha), four of five Manchester trainees were retained, with just two of […]