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Wragges and Travers take on 100% as raft of firms confirm NQ retention

Linklaters, Wragge & Co and Travers Smith are among a cluster of firms to have released their March retention rates, with Wragges and Travers both taking on 100% of their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers.
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Magic circle duo post healthy retention rates for trainee intakes

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have announced trainee retention rates for their first intake of 2012, with both firms set to see 89% of their newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) staying on. Freshfields has offered 42 of its 46 February NQs a place at the firm, with 41 accepting. The magic circle firm also posted a retention rate of 89% for its spring intake last year.
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Quartet of top UK firms confirm retention rates for 2012 NQs

Norton Rose, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), SJ Berwin and Stephenson Harwood have all confirmed trainee retention rates for their first intake of 2012. Norton Rose has announced the details of its January 2012 qualifying round, with 18 newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) offered a position at the firm, equating to a 78% retention rate. The latest figures come after the firm kept on 14 of 16 (88%) of NQs in its September intake last year.
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Trainee retention rates at top UK law firms see continued recovery

Trainee retention rates at UK law firms are continuing to recover after increasing for the second consecutive year, according to a new survey of 123 commercial law firms. The research, conducted by the Chambers Student Guide, shows that 80.5% of 2,253 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers at the firms surveyed were retained after qualification.
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DWF keeps on 100% of trainees as McGrigors retains 72%

DWF has posted a 100% retention rate for its autumn 2011 intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). The northwest firm, which runs one trainee intake each year, is set to keep on all 16 of its trainee solicitors. The figure marks an increase on last year's retention rate of 89%, when 16 of the 18 lawyers in the intake were offered roles with the firm.
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Linklaters and Eversheds announce autumn trainee retention rates

Linklaters and Eversheds have both announced their trainee retention rates for September, with the firms keeping on 93% and 87% of their respective trainee intakes. Linklaters is set to set to keep on 53 of its 57 trainees this autumn – equating to 93%. All bar one of the 57 qualifying applied for a position, with all those offered a place accepting.
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Freshfields announces 96% retention rate for autumn intake as RPC keeps on 100%

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to retain almost all of its qualifying trainees this autumn, with 96% of its September intake set to stay on at the firm. Forty-eight of 50 newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) have accepted a job with the firm starting in September after 49 were asked to stay on, with one declining.
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Quartet of top UK firms confirm retention rates for September NQs

Herbert Smith and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among a raft of firms to have announced their September trainee retention rates this month. Herbert Smith is set to keep on 44 out of 55 of its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) this autumn, equating to a retention rate of 80%, while BLP will see 95% - 19 out of 20 - of its trainees staying at the firm.
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A&O, Macfarlanes and BLG confirm autumn NQ retention rates

Allen & Overy (A&O), Macfarlanes and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert have all confirmed their trainee retention figures for autumn 2011. A&O is set to retain 38 of its 53 newly-qualified lawyers (NQs), giving the magic circle firm a retention rate of 72%, after 39 offers were made, marking a decrease on the firm's spring round this year when 88% of trainees were kept on.
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Slaughters and Sidley post 100% retention rates for autumn NQ intakes

Slaughter and May and Sidley Austin have both posted 100% retention rates for their autumn intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). Slaughters is set to keep on all of its 59 trainees in September, marking an increase on recent rounds, after the firm retained 96% of its NQs in March 2011 and 93% in autumn 2010.
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