Dentons, which in March laid off 37 lawyers and 39 staff, will only hire on half of their 2009 trainees. The firm says only 17 of its 31 September 2009 qualifying trainees in the UK and Middle East will be offered positions. Two of the offers will be client secondments. All three trainees in Turkey and Russia [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 22, 2009
Howrey, which laid off 25 staff in April, is adopting an “apprenticeship” program for its incoming associates, similar to that proposed by Drinker Biddle in May. Under Howrey’s Tier 1 Program, new associates will spend only one-third of their time in their first year on billable client work. The rest will be spent on pro bono [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
London’s CMS Cameron McKenna has announced a redundancy consultation at its headquarters, targeting 80 jobs. Twenty fee earners and 60 non-fee earners may be laid off. Other personnel are being offered the choice of either a four-day week at reduced pay, or a sabbatical of up to 12 weeks at reduced pay. They can also extend their [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
DLA Piper, which just laid off 8 associates in Dubai, has additionally placed almost 20% of the remaining Dubai-based lawyers on either a six-month “sabbatical” or a secondment. Those taking the sabbatical are not guaranteed a job when it is over, which means it’s not really a sabbatical, is it? The firm has relocated an undisclosed number [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 15, 2009
Blake Lapthorn has laid off 20 people in its second redundancy consultation. The firm, which laid off 33 people at the end of last year, launched this redundancy consultation with 30 employees in January. The firm says it reduced the number of layoffs in the second round thanks to secondments. A number of people volunteered for redundancy. Lawyers and [...]
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