Impact of Brexit on legal vacancies – a snapshot
Uncertainty reigns post Brexit but short-term vacancy data suggest its impact has yet to significantly affect overall recruitment figures in the UK legal sector. London and the Property sector show most cause for concern. Over the four week period up to the beginning of July, pre-referendum nerves and post-referendum shock had only a negligible impact, […]
“Have your legal cake and eat it…”
“Have your legal cake and eat it…a place where work-life balance need not be a myth” A 2014 survey by Lawyer2B1 produced the less than startling results that work-life balance remains a major issue for lawyers. Among mainstream commercial law firms, whether UK or US, national or Global, no more than 30% of respondents believed that their […]
“Average Law Firm Seeks Average Lawyer”
“Average law firm seeks average lawyer” Transparency in recruitment advertising Estate agents are famed for their liberal use of language when it comes to describing less than affluent properties. Anyone who has lived in the cheaper end of the London rental market will be familiar with ‘bijoux garden apartments’ which turn out to be tiny basement […]
Globalisation in the offshore legal market
The offshore world has changed markedly since the turn of the century. Back in 2000 only the most cutting edge of firms operated in more than one location, and even then it was usually a couple of returning lawyers sat in a small representative office somewhere in the square mile. Cayman firms practiced Cayman law […]
How will ‘Gen Y’ lawyers impact law firm retention and recruitment?
Following an interesting report from London Business School last year, reflecting on the expectations that ‘Generation Y’ professionals will change jobs more frequently, we have considered how this might impact the legal profession. With modern law firms being run more commercially, and routinely cutting their staff numbers when business dictates, it can be of little surprise if the Partners […]
Solicitors Qualifying in 2015 and 2016
2015 Regional Market for Newly Qualified Solicitors. Background The legal NQ recruitment market in the Midlands is changing and has been changing over the last 15 years. Historically if we look back to 2000-2005 the NQ market would not start gathering pace until June, July, August. Retention rates at law firms were high as was […]