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Our discipline and location-specific teams live and breathe their respective markets. Whether you're a trainee solicitor, paralegal or partner, BCL Legal helps to clarify and manage your job seeking requirements and career ambitions. We'll find you what you're looking for.

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Effective hiring goes far beyond filling a job role. Successful recruiting puts its emphasis on people, quality and speed. We operate with unrivalled insight through our discipline and location-specific teams and using integrated technology, we match the right people to your business.

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Our average Candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS) is 82

90% of lawyers who move are registered with BCL

97% of BCL-placed lawyers stay with the business for over a year

Over 12,500 lawyers placed since 2003

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I wouldn’t hesitate to use you if I needed to secure a new position in the future and definitely recommend others use your services.
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BCL was very selective with the interviews arranged, appreciating that with time constraints we were focused on interviewing only the highest quality candidates with a very close fit.
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BCL are the first people I contact. They listen to our requirements, understand the role and requirements perfectly, and will only put forward those candidates whom they consider to be most suited to and interested in the role.
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Upcoming Events

June 26, 2025

Competition In-House Seminar with Addleshaw Godard

Manchester

Mark Crane, Partner in the Competition and Regulatory Team will be speaking at our latest event with AG.

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July 3, 2025

Employment Webinar with Boyes Turner

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Join us on this webinar where Andy Whiteaker, Partner, and Head of Employment at Boyes Turner as he discusses the Employment Rights Bill changes and what we can expect over the next 12 months.

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July 10, 2025

Ewan McKendrick In-House Seminar with Ward Hadaway

Gateshead

Please join us and Ward Hadaway, for a half day event where Professor Ewan McKendrick KC will be presenting a Contract Law Update

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