LC.N Training & Recruitment Awards - the results!

On 8 June 170 guests from 72 law firms attended the eighth annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards (the TARAs). The awards, which recognised the best recruiters and trainers among law firms, were based on a large survey of over 2,500 trainee and newly qualified solicitors.

The winners were:

ALAN EDWARDS & CO
Best recruiter - Small firm

THACKRAY WILLIAMS LLP
Best trainer - Small firm

KNIGHTS LLP
Best recruiter - Medium regional firm

THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE
Best trainer - Medium regional firm

FARRER & CO LLP
Best recruiter - Medium City firm

GOODMAN DERRICK LLP
Best trainer - Medium City firm

KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP
Best recruiter - US firm in the City

ARNOLD & PORTER (UK) LLP
Best trainer - US firm in the City

BURGES SALMON
Best recruiter - National/large regional firm

WRAGGE & CO LLP
Best trainer - National/large regional firm

ALLEN & OVERY LLP
Best recruiter - Large City firm

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
Best trainer - Large City firm

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM (UK) LLP
Best work placement scheme - City firm

MILLS & REEVE LLP
Best work placement scheme - Regional firm

DLA PIPER UK LLP
Commendation for Diversity

LawCareers.Net publisher Matthew Broadbent said: "In a year where there have been mixed messages about the health of the law graduate recruitment market, the TARAs reconfirm that there are plenty of firms which have remained unstinting in their commitment to, and support of, those joining the profession. Our survey, by which the nominated firms are determined, covers three annual cohorts of trainees recruited in often vastly differing landscapes. We can only commend those firms that demonstrate that creating and nurturing new lawyers is the pathway to success."

The Commendation for Diversity, in association with BLD, was presented to DLA Piper UK LLP. Debo Nwauzu, founder and chair of BLD, commented: "The volume and quality of applications clearly demonstrate that law firms accept that commitment to diversity is not an optional extra, but rather an integral part of any business that is forward-looking and forward-thinking."

Here is the full list of nominated firms:

Best recruiter - Small firm
Alan Edwards & Co
Clarkson Wright & Jakes LLP
Goody Burrett LLP
Hanne & Co
Wainwright & Cummins
Wrigleys Solicitors LLP

Best trainer - Small firm
Atherton Godfrey
Dakers Marriott Solicitors
Hodge Jones & Allen LLP
Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors LLP
Thackray Williams LLP
Wilson Solicitors LLP

Best recruiter - Medium regional firm
Foot Anstey
Gordons LLP
Knights LLP
Stephens Scown
Tees Solicitors
TLT LLP
Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Best trainer - Medium regional firm
Blandy & Blandy LLP
DMH Stallard LLP
Smith Partnership
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Thomas Eggar
Thomson Snell & Passmore
TWM Solicitors LLP

Best recruiter - Medium City firm
Farrer & Co LLP
Ince & Co
Jones Day
Kennedys
Speechly Bircham LLP
Travers Smith LLP
White & Case LLP

Best trainer - Medium City firm
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP
Bristows
Goodman Derrick LLP
Macfarlanes LLP
Penningtons Solicitors LLP
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
Winckworth Sherwood

Best recruiter - US firm in the City
Covington & Burling LLP
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Best trainer - US firm in the City
Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Best recruiter - National/large regional firm
Bond Pearce LLP
Burges Salmon
DLA Piper UK LLP
Mills & Reeve LLP
Osborne Clarke
Pannone LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP

Best trainer - National/large regional firm
Browne Jacobson LLP
Burges Salmon
Clarke Willmott LLP
Cobbetts LLP
Irwin Mitchell
Shoosmiths
Wragge & Co LLP

Best recruiter - Large City firm
Allen & Overy LLP
Ashurst LLP
Nabarro LLP
Reed Smith
Simmons & Simmons
SJ Berwin
Slaughter and May

Best trainer - Large City firm
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Berwin Leighton Paisner
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Herbert Smith LLP
Linklaters LLP
Mayer Brown International LLP
Reed Smith

Best work placement scheme - City firm
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Speechly Bircham LLP
Squire Sanders Hammonds
Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Best work placement scheme - Regional firm
Bevan Brittan LLP
Dickinson Dees LLP
Mills & Reeve LLP
Pinsent Masons LLP
Shoosmiths
Veale Wasbrough Vizards