WeirFoulds Hireback Numbers
A year-by-year look at the firm’s hireback data.
Year | Articling Students |
Students Hired Back |
Number of opt outs |
Hireback Rate* | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 60% | |
2015 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 83% | |
2014 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 67% | |
2013 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29% | |
2012 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29% | Student who opted out accepted a clerkship position. |
2011 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 83% | The student who opted out is clerking in 2011-2012. |
2010 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | |
2009 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0% | |
2017 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 67% | |
2018 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 80% | |
2019 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 80% | |
2020 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 83% | |
2022 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 80% | |
2023 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 63% | |
2024 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 38% | Update: A few weeks after Precedent added the firm to this year’s Hireback Watch, the firm hired one of its articling students on contract. That student is not included in the number of hirebacks. In addition to the students hired back, the firm has also hired two first-year associates from the open job market. |
*Before calculating each hireback rate, we subtracted the opt-outs from each firm’s total number of articling students.