In the UK’s competitive legal environment, aspiring lawyers want to work for the top law firms. The following firms, as ranked by Legal Cheek’s recent Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey 2022-23, provide a pleasant work environment, opportunities for career advancement, and attractive compensation packages:-
Best Law Firms For Legal Training
The following firms are among the top for legal training, again as per Legal Cheek’s survey above – here are links to their careers pages too:-
- Addleshaw Goddard Careers
- Allen & Overy Careers
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Careers
- Burges Salmon Careers
- CMS Careers
- Clifford Chance Careers
- Dentons Careers
- Farrer & Co Careers
- Freshfields Careers
- Herbert Smith Freehills Careers
- Linklaters Careers
- Macfarlanes Careers
- Mayer Brown Careers
- Mills & Reeve Careers
- Osborne Clarke Careers
- Pinsent Masons Careers
- RPC Careers
- Shoosmiths Careers
- Slaughter and May Careers
- TLT Careers
- Travers Smith Careers
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher Careers
Best Law Firms for Quality of Work
The following firms are among the top for quality of work , again as per Legal Cheek’s survey above – here are links to their careers pages too:-
- Akin Gump Careers
- Burges Salmon Careers
- CMS Careers
- Farrer & Co Careers
- Forsters Careers
- Hogan Lovells Careers
- Latham & Watkins Careers
- Lewis Silkin Careers
- Mills & Reeve Careers
- Mishcon de Reya Careers
- Osborne Clarke Careers
- Ropes & Gray Careers
- Shakespeare Martineau Careers
- Shearman & Sterling Careers
- White & Case Careers
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher Careers
Best Law Firms to Work for in the UK
So there you have it – some of the best law firms to work for in the UK, providing valuable insight for those pursuing a prosperous legal career.
And for further reading we’d recommend you read Legal Cheek’s full guide to the best law firms for training and quality of work 2023 and Roll On Friday’s Best Law Firms to Work At news page
Know of any others? Let us know here. See also our note of the top law schools in the UK here.