Vacation Scheme Applications
To help you begin your research into Vacation Schemes and Training Contracts, we have provided details about our sponsors and other law firms that have reached out to us, including the type of scheme, key dates for 2023/2024, and key insights about their work.
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Type of Firm: Magic Circle
Main Practice Areas: banking, corporate and international capital markets
Highlight: Clients include over 87% of Forbes' top 100 public companies
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The Vacation Scheme
Summer and Winter Vacation Schemes offered to final or penultimate year students of any degree
Intake of approx. 50 per Scheme
Candidates specialise in one practice area
Payment of £450/week
Winter Scheme Dates: 4 December 2023 - 8 December 2023
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Application Window: 1 August 2023 - 22 September 2023
Summer Scheme Dates: 17 June 2024 - 28 June 2024
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Application Window: 4 September 2023 - 27 October 2023
Type of Firm: International
Main Practice Areas: Commercial, outsourcing, telecommunications
Highlight: International, with over 76 offices in 46 countries, it boasts the highest number of cross-boarder deals of any firm
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The Vacation Scheme
Summer vacation scheme for final and penultimate year students (and those in year 1 of a 4-year course) of any degree
Intake of 15
Experience in 2 seats and a pro bono project
Payment of £386.75/week
Summer Scheme Dates: 17 June 2024 - 5 July 2024
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Application Window: 1 October 2023 - 1 January 2024
Type of Firm: Magic Circle
Main Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Competition
Highlight: One of the oldest and most prestigious UK firms, with a multi-specialist appraoch
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The Vacation Scheme
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Summer scheme offered to prenultimate year students
£450/week
Assisting an associate in their area of legal work, case studies etc.
Winter vacation schemes offered to law and non-law finalists
Spring scheme offered to first year students from lower socio-economic and ethnic minority backgrounds
​Summer Scheme Dates: 17 June 2024 - 5 July 2024 and 8 July 2024 - 26 July 2024 and 27 August 2024 - 13 Septemebr 2024
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Application Window: 1 September 2023 - 8 December 2023​
Type of Firm: US (Boston)
Main Practice Areas: Finance and Private Equity
Highlight: A global powerhouse which specialises in advising private capital investors, so is much more-focused and personal than other firms
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The Vacation Scheme and Training Contract
The firm accepts applications for their two-year trainee scheme training contract from penultimate year lawyers and finalist non-lawyers
trainees recruited exclusively from vacation scheme
£400/week
Supervisor training, workshops, networking
Vacation Scheme Dates: To be confirmed
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Application deadline: 31 January 2024
Type of Firm: US (New York)
Main Practice Areas: Private Equity, Finance and Litigation
Highlight: Renound for its competency in addressing fincancial crime allegations and other investigations for major clients
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The Vacation Scheme
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Spring and Summer schemes for penultimate year law students and law and non-law finalists
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20 places
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£550/week
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partner mentor, supervisor and trainee buddy
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trainees recruited exclusively from vacation schemes
Summer Scheme Dates:
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Application window: 1 September 2023 - 20 December 2023
Spring Scheme Dates:
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Application window: 1 September 2023 - 20 December 2023
Type of Firm: US
Main Practice Areas: M&A, private equity, capital markets, commercial litigation
Highlight: The first firm globally to handle $1 trillion worth of M&A deals, and ranked at the most innovative law firm in the US
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The Vacation Scheme
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Spring and Summer schemes for final year non-law and penumltimate year law students
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Experience in two different practise areas, training workshops
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Trainees exclusively recruited from vacation schemes
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£500/week
Summer Scheme Dates: 17 June - 28 June 2024, 1 July - 12 July 2024
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Application window: 1 September - 10 December 2023
Spring Scheme Dates: 8 April - 19 April 2024
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Application window: 1 September - 10 December 2023