RPC managed to forget about one of its own trainees when it, wrongly, announced a 70% trainee retention rate this week.
The rest of the legal press duly parroted the firm's line that it had retained 14 out of 20 trainees. But as cheeky BLP and shamed Simmons & Simmons know, RollOnFriday has spies everywhere*, and several contacted RollOnFriday before and after RPC made its announcement. They said that there were, in fact, 21 trainees in the cohort.
No. 21 qualified early because he had amassed sufficient legal experience prior to joining RPC, and left the firm in March. His fellow trainees remembered him, but sadly the firm did not. When contacted by RollOnFriday, it checked its records and admitted to the error, saying that it had completely forgotten about him. It means that as well as doing a number on the guy's self-esteem, RPC actually has a retention rate of 67%.
Elsewhere, Clifford Chance is retaining 40 out of 49 trainees after making offers to 41. Its 82% rate follows 80% in March and 96% last Autumn. One of the trainees it is keeping is Aysh Chaudhry, who hit the tabloids last year when he uploaded an Islamist rant against the kuffar to Youtube. So, God knows what the eight trainees who weren't offered jobs did.
Meanwhile, insiders at Orrick have told RollOnFriday the firm made offers to all six of its trainees, but that only two accepted. Orrick has lost all of its qualifying trainees more than once, so despite sitting at the bottom of the table it may count 33% as a victory. It did not respond to a request for comment. Too busy celebrating.
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The rest of the legal press duly parroted the firm's line that it had retained 14 out of 20 trainees. But as cheeky BLP and shamed Simmons & Simmons know, RollOnFriday has spies everywhere*, and several contacted RollOnFriday before and after RPC made its announcement. They said that there were, in fact, 21 trainees in the cohort.
No. 21 qualified early because he had amassed sufficient legal experience prior to joining RPC, and left the firm in March. His fellow trainees remembered him, but sadly the firm did not. When contacted by RollOnFriday, it checked its records and admitted to the error, saying that it had completely forgotten about him. It means that as well as doing a number on the guy's self-esteem, RPC actually has a retention rate of 67%.
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Elsewhere, Clifford Chance is retaining 40 out of 49 trainees after making offers to 41. Its 82% rate follows 80% in March and 96% last Autumn. One of the trainees it is keeping is Aysh Chaudhry, who hit the tabloids last year when he uploaded an Islamist rant against the kuffar to Youtube. So, God knows what the eight trainees who weren't offered jobs did.
Meanwhile, insiders at Orrick have told RollOnFriday the firm made offers to all six of its trainees, but that only two accepted. Orrick has lost all of its qualifying trainees more than once, so despite sitting at the bottom of the table it may count 33% as a victory. It did not respond to a request for comment. Too busy celebrating.
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