Yes, gone were the rosy days when A&G and drew could boast of near 100% retention. There's a dilemma because law society actually emailed the firms to take in more Trainees if they could, to alleviate the glut of law students. Law firms took in more Trainees out of charity, the intent is that these Trainees could move to other non-legal sectors, at least they got called to the bar before. So the situation is that more TCs are being offered but a far lower percentage are being retained.

Can't blame the firms either, they were already doing charity to take in more trainees