Vacation scheme deadlines

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Deadlines for vac schemes in 2023/4

Many firms will have multiple deadlines, running schemes at different times of year: you shouldn't gain an advantage from doing any one particular scheme with a single firm, but some may have different characteristics to others. Some firms look at applications on a rolling basis, so you should apply as soon as possible after applications open.

While we endeavour to keep our information as up to date as possible, deadlines do occasionally change at the last minute, so please check firms' websites to be absolutely certain of deadline dates.

Some (smaller and mid-size) firms don't have a formal vac scheme, but do offer informal work experience (often to both university students and sixth-formers). The application process for this kind of work experience is usually informal and happens on a rolling basis. Information can usually be found on a firm's website, but if you can't find out if a firm offers work experience it's worth phoning or emailing them. Firms which adopt this approach include Hodge Jones & AllenLeigh Day and Kingsley Napley.

 

October 2023

5

Linklaters (Winter)

13

Slaughter and May

Norton Rose Fulbright (Winter)

15

Sidley Austin LLP

White & Case LLP (Winter)

20

Covington & Burling LLP (Winter)

23

Stephenson Harwood LLP (Winter)

25

Simmons & Simmons LLP (London Winter)

27

A&O Shearman

Dechert LLP (Winter)

31

Burges Salmon LLP (Winter)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Winter)

 

December 2023

1

Baker McKenzie

Taylor Wessing

3

Latham & Watkins

10

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

13

Pinsent Masons

14

Linklaters (Spring and Summer)

15

Goodwin

20

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

31

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Dechert LLP (Spring)

Simmons & Simmons LLP (London Summer)

 

January 2024

1

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

2

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Dentons

Foot Anstey LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP

3

Squire Patton Boggs

Clyde & Co LLP

Irwin Mitchell

4

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

5

Ashurst

Macfarlanes LLP

7

Akin Gump

8

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Watson Farley & Williams

10

TLT LLP

11

Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP

12

Burges Salmon LLP (Spring/Summer)

DWF

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Vinson & Elkins RLLP

Covington & Burling LLP (Summer)

14

Arnold & Porter

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

HFW

Travers Smith LLP

White & Case LLP (Spring & Summer)

15

Charles Russell Speechlys

RPC

Osborne Clarke LLP

Simmons & Simmons LLP (Bristol Summer)

16

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

19

Mishcon de Reya LLP

23

Stephenson Harwood LLP (Spring)

26

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

27

Muckle LLP

28

Fox Williams LLP

31

Bates Wells

Boodle Hatfield LLP

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Spring/Summer)

Hill Dickinson LLP

K&L Gates

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Ward Hadaway LLP

Wedlake Bell LLP

Wilkin Chapman LLP

Withers LLP

Birketts LLP

Dechert LLP (Summer)

Gateley Legal

 

February 2024

4

Norton Rose Fulbright (Summer)

8

Clifford Chance LLP

23

Stephenson Harwood LLP (Summer)

27

Bevan Brittan LLP

 

March 2024

26

Stephens Scown LLP

31

Ashfords LLP

Mayer Brown International LLP

B P Collins LLP

 

May 2024

31

Wilsons

 

June 2024

20

Howes Percival LLP

 

 

Find out what to expect from vac schemes in our feature: What is a vacation scheme?