
Cameron's 77% Trainee Retention Rate
CMS Cameron McKenna has kept on 23 of its 30 newly-qualified trainees, a healthy 77% retention rate. Although a little down on last September’s rate of 85%, this puts it in a similar range to other City firms. Recent results include Lovells which retained 69% of its trainees whilst the Magic Circle firms all managed to keep retention rates around the 70% mark. Slaughter and May still has the highest rate among leading City firms at 94%. Camerons offered 21 …
CMS Cameron McKenna has kept on 23 of its 30 newly-qualified trainees, a healthy 77% retention rate. Although a little down on last September’s rate of 85%, this puts it in a similar range to other City firms. Recent results include Lovells which retained 69% of its trainees whilst the Magic Circle firms all managed to keep retention rates around the 70% mark. Slaughter and May still has the highest rate among leading City firms at 94%.
Camerons offered 21 out of 30 qualifiers jobs as associates and found alternative roles for two of the others; one is staying on as a paralegal and another was hired as an assistant to Camerons general counsel.
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