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15 Jun 2017

Legal sector needs to work harder to retain talent

The number of lawyers who believe they could achieve partnership with their current firm has fallen 10% in 12 months according to insight produced by Douglas Scott.

14 May 2017

Heat map - hottest and coldest interview slots

Didn't secure that dream legal job? New insight reveals it might just have been down to the luck of the draw. Check out our heat map for the hottest days and times for legal job interviews.

15 Apr 2017

1000th interview up

Douglas Scott's 1000th interview of the year took place on April 12th, 4 days later than in 2016. Our first 1000 interviews of 2017 generated 196 job offers compared to 181 in 2016. In 2016 the Douglas team acted on 5,001 job...

8 Mar 2017

Female lawyers, you're having a laugh!

Three quarters of all female legal professionals are happy in their jobs compared to 60% of their male counterparts. That’s according to a survey of 3,000 legal sector respondents carried out by Douglas Scott.

1 Mar 2017

Pro-Brexit lawyers stick to their principles

9 out of 10 lawyers who voted for Brexit would do the same given the opportunity. 22% of 1,300 legal professionals surveyed voted in favour of leaving the European Union in June 2016.

20 Feb 2017

Ambition driving legal moves as confidence in the sector holds firm

Job security and redundancy driven decisions have hit a 3-year low, falling from 15% in 2015 to just 10% in 2017. Money is still on the table but it is not a primary motivator.

11 Jan 2017

Trainee Solicitor Salaries Slipping

35% of all Trainee Solicitors are being paid below Law Society recommended levels according to research carried out by leading legal recruiter Douglas Scott. 12 months ago 31% were being paid under the threshold.

25 Nov 2016

£20m letting agent fee bonus

76,000 lawyers will be financially better off next year, when the government finally gets around to banning letting agent’s fees. They stand to benefit from savings totalling over £20.3m.

13 Nov 2016

Our 5th Big Data Salary Survey is live

This year marks the 5th year of our big legal data survey and to celebrate this we are loading up two gift cards with £500 of credit in time for a festive spend. Read on to be in with a chance of bagging one.

29 Sep 2016

Solicitors, should you pimp your profiles?

Until recently Solicitor profiles on the Law Society Find a Solicitor site contained very basic details. The Law Society is now encouraging firms and Solicitors to provide further information...

20 Sep 2016

Work life balance a challenge for young lawyers

Only 18% of those between 18-24 years 20% of 25-34 year olds think the sector would provide a positive work/life balance the study by ComRes has found.

24 Aug 2016

Top 5 UK law firms worth £29bn

Shares in Top 50 UK commercial law firm Gateley are trading at an all-time high. Based on the calculation of that valuation, 4 of the top 5 UK law firms by revenue would sit comfortably in the FTSE 100.