Law firms Magic Circle trainee retention: Slaughters middle of the pack with 89% rate Georgiana Tudor · 29 September 2016 · 1 min read Law firm management Magic Circle Slaughter and May Slaughter and May is the last of the Magic Circle to post its autumn trainee retention figures, with a rate of 89%, making it the third best of the Magic Circle elite.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryLegal Business Awards 2026: which firms made the shortlist?Law firmsNews Editor7 May 2026Slaughters and Linklaters take the call as Vodafone buys CK Hutchison out for £4.3bnLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves6 May 2026Freshfields and Slaughters advise as EQT tables improved bid for FTSE 100 IntertekLaw firmsWill Lewallen5 May 2026‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of businessLaw firmsElisha Juttla9 Dec 2024‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansLaw firmsAnna Huntley18 Nov 2024NRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeLaw firmsAnna Huntley24 Sep 2024‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsLaw firmsHolly McKechnie17 May 2023New brooms from the Magic Circle: Moore adds new law string to his bow as Braham set to chair M&GLaw firmsCharles Avery1 Mar 2022Comment: Last orders – The final reflections of a veteran legal punditLaw firmsAlex Novarese9 Oct 2020