Charles Russell Speechlys wins ‘Best Law Firm for Training’ at the Legal Cheek Awards 2026
min readCharles Russell Speechlys is proud to announce it has won the ‘Best Law Firm for Training’ award at the Legal Cheek Awards 2026.
The Legal Cheek Awards are an annual event celebrating top law firms and barristers' chambers, based on feedback from thousands of trainees and junior lawyers. They honour firms in over 20 categories, including training, quality of work, peer support, and work-life balance. The 2026 awards ceremony took place on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at King’s Place, London.
The Firm was long-listed in eight categories total, short-listed in three and received the third-highest number of nominations of any firm. Categories in which the Firm was short-listed include:
- ‘Best Law Firm for Quality of Work’
- ‘Best Law Firm for Peer Support’
- ‘Legal Cheek Firm of the Year’
Karen Stages, Chief People Officer, comments:
This award is a significant recognition of our firm-wide commitment to developing exceptional talent at every stage of career progression. Through the collective efforts of our Early Talent and Knowledge teams , Business School and colleagues across the Firm, we have built a learning culture that prioritises continuous development, collaboration and excellence.
"We are proud to offer high-quality training and development opportunities that support people at the beginning of their careers through to senior leadership. Our approach is to ensure individuals have not only the technical expertise but also the commercial, leadership and interpersonal skills needed to thrive in an rapidly evolving legal market.
"Being recognised by Legal Cheek, based on feedback from our trainees and junior lawyers themselves, is particularly meaningful and reflects the strength of our culture, the investment we continue to make in our people, and the dedication of the team in delivering an outstanding learning experience across the Firm. Well done to everybody involved and an additional congratulations to the other award winners of the evening.
Read more about the 2026 Awards and winners here.
