Legal Recruitment News | August 2026 Has the summer legal job market gone on holiday? August is normally one of the busiest months for locum legal recruitment. This year the market has been steady rather than busy, while permanent recruitment and candidate registrations remain subdued. Read the complete August newsletter → 20 new locum roles 14 new permanent roles 47 new candidates 43 law firms for sale Locum work is usually particularly active during August. Partners, solicitors and support staff take holidays, files still need to be covered and firms often require experienced lawyers at relatively short notice. That has not really happened in 2026. Our figures for July show fewer new locum roles, permanent vacancies and candidate registrations than during the same period last year. We recorded 47 new candidate registrations, compared with 73 ...
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