Dentons are on a journey to build a ‘best in class’ hiring function, raising their profile as an employer of choice vs the typical magic circle firms as the target for candidates. An important focus of this transformation is improving the candidate experience from first contact to becoming an employee. As with all law firms (and early careers recruitment in general), Dentons have a long period, typically two years, between a trainee candidate completing the offer process and them joining the firm. In a competitive market for top talent, building a
relationship with future trainees over this time was seen as a top priority. Dentons have 40 trainees in each cohort and 4 different training contracts; London, Watford & Milton Keynes, Aberdeen and Central Belt (Glasgow
& Edinburgh). During the 2-year period, from offer to joining, the future trainees are likely to be studying for their LPC for one year and working/travelling/ doing a conversion course for the other.
