{"id":79,"date":"2018-12-12T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T15:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student.multisite.legal500.com\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:13:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/future-lawyers\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to The Legal 500 Future Lawyers guide 2025\/26.<\/p>\n<p>This year we&#8217;re celebrating our 21st edition! That means we&#8217;ve been surveying lawyers and researching the legal market for over 20 years now, so if you&#8217;ve got questions, chances are we&#8217;ve got the answers!<\/p>\n<p>We surveyed over 2,000 trainees and pupils at firms and chambers across the UK to find out all about their training contracts and pupillages. From <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-would-you-rate-your-amount-of-client-contact\/\">client contact<\/a> to <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-would-you-rate-the-work-life-balance-at-your-firm\/\">work\/life balance<\/a> and <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-would-you-rate-your-overall-job-satisfaction\/\">job satisfaction<\/a> to <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-would-you-rate-the-international-secondment-opportunities-available\/\">international secondments <\/a>\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/future-lawyers\/survey\/future-lawyers-winners\/how-would-you-rate-the-legal-technology-offering-at-your-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal tech<\/a>, we bring you trainees and pupils&#8217; honest thoughts on every aspect of their training.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, we&#8217;re here to help you navigate the training contract and pupillage application process, from the initial research and choosing a <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/law-firm-training-contract-comparison-table\/\">firm<\/a> or <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/bar-profiles\/\">chambers<\/a>, to making sure you put your best foot forward at an <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/career-clinic\/assessment-centres\/\">assessment day<\/a> or interview.<\/p>\n<p>We know that each candidate has different priorities when it comes to choosing a law firm or chambers; that\u2019s why we\u2019ve arranged The Legal 500 Future Lawyers survey scores into accessible <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/future-lawyers\/survey\/future-lawyers-winners\/\">Winners\u2019 Tables<\/a><\/strong>. Whether your main concern is <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-approachable-are-your-supervisors\/\">supervisor approachability<\/a> or <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/the-lex-100-winners\/how-satisfied-are-you-with-your-financial-remuneration\/\">salary<\/a>, we can point you in the direction of a suitable firm for you. There are also <a href=\"\/future-lawyers\/survey\/law-firm-training-contract-comparison-table\/\">interactive comparison tables<\/a> which let you do just that \u2013 compare firms according to what\u2019s important to you.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any comments, queries or questions, please do get in touch with me on hawys.boobier@legal500.com. We\u2019re always looking for ways to improve The Legal 500 Future Lawyers experience and we love to hear from our audience. 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