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73.6%

of law firm trainees are invisible online

Their time is billed to clients.
Their names appear on invoices.
But most never appear on their firm’s website.

New research into the UK’s top 50 law firms.

We analysed publicly available data from the websites and LinkedIn pages of the UK’s top 50 law firms, comparing published profiles with verified headcount data.

We wanted to see, plainly and objectively, who firms choose to show.

And who they do not.

The results were striking.

Some firms show their trainees openly.
Others hide almost all of them.

The divide follows firm size, structure, and hierarchy.
Not technology. Not resource.

What firms choose to publish reveals more than they may realise about culture, inclusion, and confidence.

Clients notice these signals, even when firms do not.

None of the top 10 UK law firm include their trainees on their website.

91.1% of the biggest firms’ trainees are missing from view

Medium-sized firms do better, though 60.9% of trainees are not represented.

The smallest firms, with fewer than 1,000 staff, are the most transparent.

Includes comments from...

Sarah McColl

Media Content Lawyer
BBC

Tom Wicksteed

Early Careers Manager
Mishcon de Reya LLP

Patrick McCann

Co-CEO
City Century

The full report explores:

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