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6. Graduate

Recruitment

6.1 Importance to fi rm
transformation

As discussed before, member fi rms view the development of young
black and female professionals into directors at their fi rms as the best
Enlarging the option to transforming their professional corps. Enlarging the pool of
black and female candidate attorneys at Group fi rms is therefore vital
pool of black and to enabling fi rms to make appointments that can be nurtured into
future directors. A challenge however remains the drawing power of
female candidate small fi rms to attract quality candidates and be regarded as a viable
career choice for graduates.
attorneys is vital to A number of initiatives aimed at improving the offering by member

identifying future fi rms to young graduates have been undertaken. A central tenet is
the campaign to position each member fi rm as a new breed of law
directors fi rm, demonstrating that fi rms are forward-thinking and hold potential
as a career choice. Such an increase in fi rm visibility has been highly
successful in attracting candidate attorney applications, including
to the more rurally based law fi rms, with fi rms attesting to a growing
interest by law graduates.

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