News Article - 19/07/2012 : NQ retention rate, trainees, Human Resources, Human Resources

White & Case has announced it is retaining 81 per cent of its September 2012 qualifying trainees.

The US firm has offered places to 14 of its 16 trainees due to qualify this autumn, with 13 accepting NQ positions. The result...

News Article - 19/07/2012 : deferral, trainees, training contracts, Finance, Finance, Human Resources

Mayer Brown has offered its incoming London trainees the option to defer their training contracts in exchange for a one-off payment of £10,000, with three agreeing to postpone their start date by 12 months.

The US firm’s London arm, which...

News Article - 18/05/2012 : salary, SRA, trainees, Finance, Finance

The minimum salary for trainee solicitors will be scrapped on 1 August 2014, the board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) decided yesterday, saying it is not the job of a regulator to control wages.

Firms will be required...