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.
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.
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.


The full report explores: