July 27th in Halliwells, Legal News, Trainees by jason2009 .

Halliwells Fallout Update

The decent bits have been scooped up but the toxic parts are still being dealt with…

July 23rd in Careers, Halliwells, Legal News, Trainees, Training Contract by jason2009 .

Halliwells Future Training Contracts Terminated

Furture trainees see positions evaporate…

June 24th in Associates, Careers, Dress Codes, NQ, Trainees by jason2009 .

Hot Weather: Business Casual for Idiot Lawyers

Is it really that difficult to fathom? Has it now come to ‘idiot lawyer’ guides to explain the concept of business casual…?

April 23rd in Careers, Recession, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

“Trainee jobs market tougher than ever”

No prizes for guessing why…

April 6th in CMS Cameron McKenna, Careers, Legal News, NQ, Trainees by jason2009 .

Cameron’s NQ Blip

NQ stats not all they’re cracked up to be…?

March 31st in Associates, Careers, Education, In-house, Legal News, Outsourcing, Trainees, Training Contract by jason2009 .

Junior Lawyer Squeeze: BT Outsourcing In-house Work

The telecoms giant has followed the likes of Rio Tinto and Microsoft…

March 30th in Careers, Law Firms, Legal News, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

Commoditised Law = Paralegal Pardise

The way the stats look, paralegals are taking over…

March 16th in Careers, Money, Recession, Shoosmiths, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

Shoosmiths wants new trainees

After a rather trainee-unfriendly 2009, Shoosmiths restarts its trainee recruitment programme…

March 16th in Associates, Humour, Tips, Trainees by jason2009 .

16 Things Lawyers Don’t Tell Their Clients

Some things are best kept to yourself…

March 12th in Careers, Eversheds, Field Fisher Waterhouse, LG, NQ, SJ Berwin, Trainees, Training Contract by jason2009 .

Trainee Retention Falling

Signs of life are appearing on the graduate recruitment front but that looks set to be matched by NQ fallout…

March 8th in Associates, Eversheds, Trainees by jason2009 .

Brighter 2010 for Eversheds Juniors

The graduate recruitment doors have reopened and associates are getting a shiny new bonus scheme…

February 23rd in Ashurst, Denton Wilde Sapte, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Magic Circle, NQ, Trainees by jason2009 .

Recruitment Tightens Up At Ashurst and FFW

Two more firms show that 2010 has got off to a less than confident start…

February 16th in News, Trainees, Training Contract by jason2009 .

Second Round of Trainee Deferrals at Herbies

It’s not all rosy in the City…

February 16th in Money, NQ, Salary, Trainees by jason2009 .

Things We Like: US firms paying £100k for NQs

There’s nothing like a bit of excess to drum up enthusiasm…

February 12th in Associates, Careers, NQ, Trainees by jason2009 .

“Trainee Solicitors ‘Exploited’ After Qualification” What’s New?

Any associates reading that headline might not think it’s a great revelation but there’s exploited and there’s exploited…

February 10th in Allen & Overy, Careers, Clifford Chance, Denton Wilde Sapte, Freshfields, Linklaters, Lovells, Trainees by jason2009 .

Spring NQs – Lovells Retains, Dentons Ditches, Magic Circle Mixed

After last year’s bloodbath, retention rates are not as solid as recent years…

January 28th in Hammonds, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

Hammonds Seeks Client Help for Recruitment. Oh, it’s extending Trainee Deferrals too.

Hammonds summer schemers will face an additional hurdle when they seek a training contract (if they’re not put off by the extended trainee deferrals)…

January 27th in Allen & Overy, Careers, Linklaters, Trainees by jason2009 .

Linklaters Says Goodbye to 30% of Trainees

The top Magic Circle firm only intends to keep 70% of its qualifying trainees in March…

January 19th in Associates, Outsourcing, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

2010 The Year of the Outsourcer – Goodbye Junior Lawyers?

It’s cheaper, its popular and it doesn’t look good for junior associates or current law students in the UK or the US.

December 14th in Associates, Careers, Students, Trainees by jason2009 .

The big freeze – slashed salaries and chopped bonus payouts; get used to them

If there were any wannabee lawyers or junior lawyers that were labouring under the illusion that 2010 was going to a cracker compared to the turmoil of 2008 and 09, bear this in mind.

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