Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has revealed the weakest trainee retention rates for spring so far, with the firm holding on to just 55% of its trainee cohort. Only 11 out of 20 trainees are to join BLP as newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers, after 70% were kept on in spring 2016, 61% in 2015 and 89% in 2014.
The lower rate comes after in 2015 it was widely reported that BLP attempted to manipulate the figures for its spring intake, trying to portray its 61% rate at 70% as three of its initial trainees left on qualification.
