SPONSORS
We’re pre-employment screening experts.
Our unique identity and vision evolved from our fundamental desire to support our clients and their candidates. We have a passion for screening and a simple belief in setting new standards. Part of our DNA, these qualities fuel our commitment to excellence and drive our culture.
In an increasingly digitised world, our innovative systems safeguard data security and integrity, while our experienced teams focus on human conversations and interactions. Together, they deliver an outstanding screening experience.
Talk to us about:
- Pre-Employment Screening
- Pay-As-You-Go Screening
- International Employee Screening
- Criminal Record Checks
- Social Media Searches
- SMCR & Employment Screening
And much more.
Get in touch with our experts for a free, tailored discussion about your individual requirements at ukenquiries@accurate.com, or call us on +44 (0) 1273 203 090.
Find out more about our screening services at https://www.accurate.com/uk/.
Sponsors of: HR Team of the Year
Blackbridge Communications is an employee-owned agency that specialises in employer branding, helping clients attract and engage talent.
We work with organisations ranging from FTSE 100 businesses through to start-ups and charities to creatively communicate and deliver their talent attraction and engagement strategies.
Based in Spitalfields, we’re a team of over 40 specialists. Our employer marketing expertise lies in employer brand building, creative concept development, campaign management, website and digital solutions. As a member of the OneAgent network, the world’s largest network of employer branding agencies, we can also assist our clients to implement their people communications strategies internationally.
Find out more about Blackbridge at blackbridge.co.uk.
Sponsors of: Grand Prix
At Brands with Values, we're on a mission to revolutionise the way organisations understand and cultivate their culture. We’re committed to creating better working environments and fostering companies that benefit society.
Our pioneering values model and digital platform, delves deep into the heart of organisational dynamics, uncovering the values, beliefs, and behaviours that shape company culture. By leveraging advanced analytics and data-driven insights, we empower businesses to identify strengths, address weaknesses, and cultivate a culture that aligns with their core values and objectives.
We believe that when organisations prioritise values-driven cultures, they not only enhance employee satisfaction and productivity but also contribute positively to society at large. Through our work, we aim to inspire a new era of workplaces where integrity, empathy and inclusivity are not just buzzwords but guiding principles that drive success.
Join us in our mission to create workplaces where every individual thrives and where organisations become true agents of positive change in the world.
Together, let's build Brands with Values.
Sponsors of: Excellence in Learning & Development
Cibyl is GTI’s student market research business delivering the deepest and most trusted insight into the student mind for employers and educators: careers, mental health, student experience.
This year, over 100,000 school students, undergraduates and recent graduates in the UK & Ireland have participated across our research projects. We’ve captured a broad range of opinion from them on the early careers market, including awareness and attractiveness of employers, relocation and mobility information, how and why students are making choices about careers, key demographic intel including: social profile, gender, year and subject of study, ethnicity, nationality and data on sexuality and disability.
Our team of MRS accredited researchers and analysts cut this data to get bespoke findings unique to individual employers. We consult with you on your competitive position, attractiveness amongst target group students, methods of engagement, help you to develop a school and campus strategy, help you to recruit a more diverse profile and get you to understand where and why you are missing out on relevant and ‘right fit’ talented young people.
Our methods can include quantitative, qualitative and focus group research, we offer year round data support, we have our own survey platform and can execute bespoke surveys or snap polls getting you the answer to a single issue of strategic importance or help you solve a problem. We are adept at reviewing a range of data sources as well as our own, offering you practical and actionable advice to help you build an informative picture and develop an early careers strategy that really works.
This year, Cibyl launched the first set of findings from our Levelling the Playing Field in Law project which explores the ambitions and experiences of UK students and recent graduates interested in legal careers, along with those of trainees and newly qualified solicitors. The ambition of the research is to improve access to a career in law and based on the findings and support of the sector, something we have developed into a longitudinal study in order to track progress. To get a demo of our data and to find out more go to cibyl.com
Sponsors of: Best Early Talent Recruitment Campaign
Clyde & Co’s employment team are dedicated to advising clients on all the ‘people’ issues that they face. With a focus on the professional services sector, they deal with all partner and employment issues, including hiring, assisting in change programmes, managing and resolving disputes when they arise (including partner disputes), and much more.
We are part of Clyde & Co’s Professional Practices group which brings our employment and partnership lawyers together with our leading professional liability and regulatory lawyers, and our corporate and commercial lawyers. We can assist with any issues your law firm faces.
Clyde & Co’s employment team are recognised in Legal 500: ‘Excellent technical knowledge, responsive, pragmatic and has a great ability to provide simple and clear advice to tricky matters.’
Sponsors of: Excellence in ED&I
CM Murray LLP is a specialist employment, partnership and regulatory and professional discipline law firm, advising international professional services firms, senior executives and multinational partnerships. CM Murray LLP is recognised as one of the UK’s leading law firms for employment and partnership law advice and is ranked in Tier 1/Band 1 in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners legal directories for partnership law and employment (senior executive) law, as well as being ranked as a ‘Firm to Watch’ by Legal 500 for professional discipline.
With nine partners and nine lawyers, we have a particular reputation for advising law firms and their partners on LLP mergers, conversions and constitutional reviews, and on partner investigations, discrimination and restrictive covenant disputes, including with extensive expertise in advising on sexual harassment and bullying allegations. We are also well known for our work providing strategic advice to senior executives and founders, including in private equity and hedge funds, US and multi-national companies with UK operations, and US and UK law firms on their employment and HR issues.
We are the founders of the International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA), and co-founders of leading specialist partnership law network the Professional Practices Alliance and international employment law alliances Innangard and Innangard Executives.
If you would like to find out more about our firm or would like to discuss how we may be able to help you, please contact our Managing Partner, Clare Murray, at clare.murray@cm-murray.com or visit our website at www.cm-murray.com.
Sponsors of: Best Social Mobility Initiative
The only employee benefits platform to offer Total Wellbeing.
Tired of wellbeing benefits that don’t work? So were we. That’s why we built Heka – A powerful online marketplace of thousands of wellbeing benefits tailored to every one of your employees.
From Gym Memberships and Therapy, to Fertility Support and Financial Advice – Heka covers all areas of employee wellbeing and gives power to your employees to choose the benefits that they want, when they want them.
Thousands of benefits. One Platform. Zero admin.
There’s a reason why 99% of companies using Heka say it’s the best wellbeing benefit on the market. See the platform in action today and enjoy a healthier and happier workforce: hekahappy.com/demo
Sponsors of: Most Innovative People Initiative
Specialist employee benefits & wellbeing solutions for the legal sector
Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing have long been recognised as insurance experts within the legal sector and our specialist employee benefits team are no exception. Over 750 law firms already choose us to advise them and we’re proud to be a trusted partner to the sector.
Download our latest Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Legal Research
We are delighted to have partnered with People in Law to conduct comprehensive research to better understand the current employee benefits and wellbeing offered within the legal sector.
Our findings also highlight the key challenges and priorities that HR professionals in the sector are focused on as we enter 2024; including:
- Mental health & workplace wellbeing
- Attracting & retaining top talent
- Reviewing and enhancing current employee benefit strategies
- Increased use of benefits technology & communication
- Enhancing the employee experience & culture
- Flexible & Hybrid-working
- Neurodiversity
Speak to James Clowser, Client Director, today to find out how we can help you, your employees and your firm.
T: 0345 646 2373
www.howdengroup.com/uk-en/employee-benefits
Sponsors of: Excellence in Reward & Recognition
Since our inception over 30 years ago we’ve had a simple approach to recruitment; be the best we can and strive to exceed client’s expectations in everything we do. It’s an approach that has served us well and we are proud to recruit for many of London’s most prestigious law firms.
We supply the vital business support staff responsible for making sure their practices run smoothly and efficiently. Our Legal Industry expertise encompasses a wide range of business support roles from Administrators, EA’s and PA’s to Advisers, Execs and Managers within: HR, Secretarial Services, Marketing & Business Development, Risk & Compliance, IT and Facilities/Front of House.
We also supply consultancy services to law firms going through periods of support staff re-organisation, from the initial discussion and planning stages through to final implementation.
Sponsors of: Rising Star
When it comes to HR recruitment, you’re in safe hands with Oakleaf Partnership. Since 2005, we have been successfully placing people across every HR discipline into UK & US law firms on both an interim and permanent basis. Our client base ranges from small employment law boutiques through to global, full-service powerhouses. With over 30 years combined professional services HR recruitment experience, our team has a fantastic network of relationships within the legal sector.
Our Professional Services team supplies HR, Reward and Payroll talent from entry level to Senior Manager. Oakleaf Executive focuses on Head of / Director / CPO level search.
Oakleaf has also recently launched two new businesses! Our Tech, Change & Transformation practice works with businesses looking for diverse technology and transformation professionals within areas such as Data, Cloud, Digital and Change Management.
Our Oakleaf US HR business has national capability with hubs in San Fransisco and New York, providing a full spectrum service, embracing developing HR talent as well as Heads of, HRD’s, CPO’s and CHRO’s.
Oakleaf has become the market leader by working hard for our customers, and by making sure that our enduring relationships are built on trust, delivery and an outstanding customer experience. Today, we’re as approachable as ever; for clients and candidates alike, we’re more than just experts, we’re trusted advisors.
Sponsors of: Best People Professional
Market leading performance and feedback software for professional firms
Performance Leader helps firms to engage key partner and employee talent by pairing best of breed software with sector know-how.
Our software platform simplifies performance reviews and check-ins, supports real-time feedback and aligns individual objectives with firm strategy.
Performance Leader works with leading professional firms in more than 30 countries.
Sponsors of: Best Innovation Through Technology
As champions of direct sourcing, Professionals in Law is the only legal job board to advertise all roles within a law firm. Vacancies come straight from law firms looking to connect with top candidates directly to promote their employer brand while making cost savings.
Working with a diverse mix of firms from the magic circle to regionals, Professionals in Law supports HR teams in their direct recruitment efforts with hands-on account management.
Rare is a multi-award-winning company which does two things.
One: Rare connects exceptional students from diverse backgrounds with the world’s most prestigious employers. Rare supports talented individuals from Black, Asian, Ethnic Minority, and socially disadvantaged backgrounds, through one-on-one mentoring sessions, client-hosted events and development programmes, to reach their full potential. The organisation works with around 10,000 candidates and has placed over 7,000 with its clients.
Two: Rare builds cutting-edge software that is changing the world. Its Contextual Recruitment System which enables employers to identify socio-economically disadvantaged students and those who outperform academically. The student attraction tool Vantage, with a database of over 28,000 students and 29 search criteria and 100 data fields, allows employers to target the most underrepresented groups. Rare’s award winning ATS, Candid, gives clients intuitive user experience, an in-built events platform and diversity at its core. The diversity specialist provides anti-bias training, Hemisphere, for interviewers and hiring managers. Rare works with over 160 of the world’s most reputable businesses to help them to make better hiring decisions.
Email: newbusiness@rarerecruitment.co.uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/rare-recruitment
Sponsors of: Best CSR Initiative
About three years ago, we committed to reduce our footprint as early talent recruiters. The result of that decision was the founding of the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance. We’re beginning to stem the decades of damage that our early talent practices have caused to the environment. Our purpose is to help reduce the carbon footprint of early talent professionals. Our mission is to create and empower a deeply connected ecosystem of stakeholders, including early talent recruiters, universities, and student organisations, who are committed to reducing their collective carbon footprint and embedding sustainability at the heart of their practices.
Sponsors of: Best Environmental, Social and Governance Initiative
Professional legal training delivered by the University of Law supports law professionals at all stages of their career. We are one of the UK’s longest-established providers of professional legal education, and in the last few years the dept has grown to deliver a wide programme of specialist online and in-person training to over 25,000 delegates a year in England, Wales and Scotland.
Law business leaders and decision-makers turn to us for a reason; we understand the evolving landscape of the legal industry and how those working within it need to grow – and we don't fail to deliver quality training to help them achieve that growth.
Our brand is highly regarded in the industry. We have close working relationships with over 90 law firms, and companies recognise us as the specialist law educator we are.
Courses we offer
For trainee lawyers:
• *NEW* Junior Lawyer Development Programme
• Trainee Litigation Programme
• Higher Rights of Audience (HRA)
For qualified lawyers:
• Practice-area specific courses – England and Wales
• Practice-area specific courses – Scotland
• Higher Rights of Audience (HRA)
• The Lead In-house Lawyer course
• Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
• Bespoke training packages to suit need
• Customised training programmes for international clients
Totum is unparalleled in the recruitment of exceptional business services talent in law and professional services firms. Working across all business services functions, we help firms structure and resource their teams, often helping to scope out roles from scratch and sourcing the best business skills and capabilities to accelerate positive change across the sector. We specialise in business services recruitment so that we can dedicate all of our resources and expertise to matching up the very best business services talent from across industry sectors with law and professional services firms both in the UK and internationally.
Totum’s dedicated HR team is here to help support individuals and firms across both generalist and specialist roles in areas like talent development, DEI, reward, employee relations, recruitment, health and wellbeing and more. We work at all levels of seniority from HR Advisors/Officers up to and including Director and Chief roles.
We pride ourselves on the long relationships we have built across the sector, often helping to grow and develop HR teams by applying our keen understanding of the evolving dynamics of this critical function. Whatever HR skills you need, we are on hand to deliver.
If you would like to find out more about how we could help you with your HR recruitment needs, or just to have a chat about the latest market trends, contact: laura.mcnair@totumpartners.com, hannah.leonsoon@totumpartners.com or briony.jenkins@totumpartners.com