Trainees and newly qualified solicitors (NQs) were invited to complete an online survey assessing their own experiences. LawCareers.Net publisher Matthew Broadbent says: "The fact that our survey response has risen again to over 2,500 trainees and NQs underlines the authoritative nature of the results. The winning and nominated forms can be justifiably proud of themselves." Broadbent continues: "We are delighted that so many employers offer their trainees top-quality training and working environments. It is self-evident that organisations seen to excel in their treatment of those entering the business will continue to grow and thrive as the next generation of leaders flourishes."

Drum roll please … and the winners were:

DAVIS & CO
Best Recruiter – Small Firm

KNIGHT & SONS
Best Recruiter - Medium Regional Firm

CAMPBELL HOOPER SOLICITORS LLP
Best Recruiter – Medium City Firm

BURGES SALMON
Best Recruiter - National/Large Regional

ASHURST
Best Recruiter – Large City Firm

COBBETTS LLP
Best Vacation Scheme

REYNOLDS PARRY-JONES
Best Trainer – Small Firm

ASHFORDS
Best Trainer - Medium Regional Firm

VINSON & ELKINS RLLP
Best Trainer – Medium City Firm

WRAGGE & CO LLP
Best Trainer - National/Large Regional

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
Best Trainer – Large City Firm

CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE
Best Recruiter & Trainer Public Sector/In-House

Special mention goes to Baker & McKenzie and the Crown Prosecution Service, as they each won an award for the third year in a row. That sort of hat-trick success is surely a reflection of exceptional training standards - congratulations!

Trainee Solicitors' Group (TSG) chair Genevieve Monclin comments: "The awards reflect the high calibre of the young legal professionals themselves, their training and their firms. This is a credit to the whole of the profession. Only by maintaining such excellence at all levels can the legal sector flourish, and the TSG is delighted to be once again recognising these firms through the medium of these prestigious awards."

Here is the full list of nominated firms:

BEST RECRUITER – SMALL FIRM
Buckles Solicitors LLP
Davis & Co
The Endeavour Partnership LLP
Hawkins Russell Jones
Lanyon Bowdler
Vizards Tweedie
Whitehead Monckton

BEST RECRUITER – MEDIUM REGIONAL FIRM
Brabners Chaffe Street
DMH Stallard Solicitors
emw law
Foot Anstey
IBB Solicitors
Knight & Sons
Robert Muckle

BEST RECRUITER – MEDIUM CITY FIRM
Campbell Hooper Solicitors LLP
Covington & Burling
Goodman Derrick
Kendall Freeman
Penningtons LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Travers Smith

BEST RECRUITER - NATIONAL/LARGE REGIONAL FIRM
Burges Salmon
Dickinson Dees
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Eversheds LLP
Freeth Cartwright LLP
Halliwells LLP
Pannone LLP

BEST RECRUITER – LARGE CITY FIRM
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
CMS Cameron McKenna
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Richards Butler LLP
Taylor Wessing

BEST PUBLIC SECTOR/IN-HOUSE RECRUITER & TRAINER
Crown Prosecution Service
DAS Legal Insurance Co Ltd
Denbighshire County Council
Government Legal Service
North Yorkshire County Council
Surrey County Council

BEST VACATION SCHEME
Addleshaw Goddard
Bird & Bird
Cobbetts LLP
Jones Day
Mills & Reeve
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Withers LLP

BEST TRAINER – SMALL FIRM
Alliance Solicitors
George Green
Hansells
HCL Hanne & Co
Maples Teesdale
Reynolds Parry-Jones
Richmonds

BEST TRAINER – MEDIUM REGIONAL FIRM
Ashfords
Birkett Long
Brabners Chaffe Street
McCormicks
Thackray Williams
Thomson Snell & Passmore
Thomas Eggar

BEST TRAINER – MEDIUM CITY FIRM
Charles Russell LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Covington & Burling
Farrer & Co
Macfarlanes
Memery Crystal
Vinson & Elkins RLLP

BEST TRAINER - NATIONAL/LARGE REGIONAL FIRM
Browne Jacobson LLP
Cobbetts LLP
Halliwells LLP
Mills & Reeve
Pannone LLP
Shoosmiths
Wragge & Co LLP

BEST TRAINER – LARGE CITY FIRM
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Berwin Leighton Paisner
Denton Wilde Sapte
Linklaters
McGrigors
Nabarro Nathanson
Richards Butler LLP