THE LAWCAREERS.NET TRAINING & RECRUITMENT AWARDS 2017
gong for Best Recruiter for a Medium- Sized Regional Firm. Bircham Dyson Bell LLP took the award for Best Recruiter in a Medium-Sized City Firm, while Vinson & Elkins RLLP picked up the same award in the US Firm in the City category. Best Recruiter – National/Large Regional Firm went to Osborne Clarke LLP for the second year in a row, while Best Recruiter – Large City Firm found a fitting home at Hogan Lovells. In the training categories, Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors LLP won the Small Firm award, while Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP took home the accolade in the Medium-Sized Regional firm category. Competition among City firms was extremely tough this year, but Kingsley Napley LLP, Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP and Taylor Wessing all picked up awards in their respective areas, while Burges Salmon LLP was presented with the award for Best Trainer for a National/ Large Regional Firm. Both Farrer & Co LLP and DWF LLP were recognised for their exceptional vacation/work placement schemes which are, of course, increasingly important in so many firms’ recruitment processes. Farrer,
which has won a number of LCN awards over the years, won Best Work Placement Scheme for a City Firm, while DWF was crowned Best Work Placement Scheme for a Regional Firm. The much-contested Law Lecturer of the Year award – which is voted for by students at universities across the United Kingdom – was collected once again by 2014 winner Mary Lee from the University of Sussex. One of her students commented: “Mary is charismatic, funny and passionate about the subject. Her lectures and seminars are interactive, filled with examples and thorough explanations of the material, and you are made to feel that you are being addressed directly, even in a huge lecture theatre.” The LCN Awards also set out to celebrate firms that demonstrate commitment to increasing diversity. This year, the Commendation for Diversity was presented to Baker McKenzie, which received glowing comments from the judges: “Backed up by a robust monitoring system and defined outcomes, the firm has shown that it is dedicated to recruiting a workforce and to running networks, training, events and campaigns that encourage every individual at the
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