Open days
Law firm open day dates and application deadlines
NB: open day dates are changing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Please consult firms' websites for the latest information.
We will update this page as details come in.
Open days are a great way of getting to know a firm if you're a first-year student or have just developed an interest in a career in law. Be aware that specific open days may be aimed at specific groups of students (e.g. first-years, law students, non-law students). Check each firm's website for more details. Open days specifically designed for first-years are more and more common. For some you'll need to make a full application; for others you just register by email. Always apply/register as early as possible as space will be limited.
Below is a listing of law firm open days in 2018/19. It only includes firms which informed us they have an open day or similar programme. Most of the firms listed below are large national or City firms. Smaller firms may not have a formal open day programme but are more likely to offer informal work experience opportunities. For multi-site firms certain dates may be for events only in a specific location.
| Who for? | When? | Application deadline | |||||
| Addleshaw Goddard | First-years | Spring 2020 | January 2020, date TBC | ||||
| Allen & Overy | Open days: students & graduates A&O First: first-years |
Open days: 17 March 2020 A&O First: 6-7 April 2020 |
Application window for both: 13 January - 13 February 2020 | ||||
| Ashurst | First-year law students & second year law students on four-year course | 6-9 April 2020 | 5 January 2020 | ||||
| Baker McKenzie |
Open days:
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General Open Days 2021: 15 September, 17 September, 21 September. Non-Law Open Day 2021: 12 October Black Lawyers & Allies Open Day 2021:15 October Opportunity Open Day 2021: 22 October LGBT+ & Allies Open Day 2021: 16 November Employability Open Day 2021: 26 November First-year programme: 20-21 April 2020 |
General Open Days: between August 1st and September 1st 2021 Non-Law, Black Lawyers & Allies and Opportunity Open Days: between September 1st and October 1st 2021 LGBT+ & Allies and Employability Open Days: between September 1st and November 1st 2021 First-year programme: 1 February 2020 |
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| Bristows |
Science and Engineering Open Day: STEM graduates and undergraduates Undergraduate open day: all undergraduates |
Science and Engineering Open Day: April 2020 Undergraduate open day: July 2020 |
29 February 2020 | ||||
| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Insight programme: first-years Open day: other students and graduates |
TBC | TBC | ||||
| Burges Salmon | Open evenings: all students & graduates | March 2020: Bristol, London and Edinburgh | TBC | ||||
| Cleary Gottlieb | Not known | Spring 2020 | Not known | ||||
| Clifford Chance |
SPARK scheme: first and second-years Open days: all students |
SPARK scheme: June and July 2020 Open days: September, November, December 2019 |
SPARK scheme: 12 December 2019 Open days: 2 weeks before open day |
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| Clyde & Co |
Insight days: all students & graduates Bright Futures Programme: first-year law and second-year non-law students |
Insight days: 2nd November 2019, spring 2020 Bright Futures: December 2019 |
rolling | ||||
| CMS | First-year law & penult-year non-law students | 2020 | Not known | ||||
| Cooley | Vac scheme applicants | 1 December 2019 | TBC | ||||
| Covington & Burling | First-year law & penultimate-year non-law students | Insight days: April 2020 | 28 February 2020 | ||||
| Curtis | Ad hoc | Ad hoc | Email recruitmentlondon@curtis.com | ||||
| Davis Polk |
Autumn 2019: 2nd-year law students & grads Spring 2020: 1st year law students |
Autumn 2019: 22 November 2019 Spring 2020: 6 March 2020 |
Autumn 2019: 13 November 2019 Spring 2020: 25 February 2020 |
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| Dentons | Not known | Not known | TBC | ||||
| DLA Piper |
Insight scheme: first-year law & penultimate-year non-law students Open days: penult-year law & final year non-law students & graduates |
Insight scheme: 2020 Open days: December 2019 |
Insight scheme: open on 2 December 2019 Open days: 22 November 2019 |
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| DWF | All students & graduates | Autumn 2019 | TBC | ||||
| Eversheds Sutherland | All students & graduates | 27-28 November; 2, 4, 10 December 2019 | Opens 1 October 2019 | ||||
| Farrer & Co | Vac scheme applicants | February/March 2020 | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Freshfields |
Freshers meet Freshfields: first-years Graduate workshop: graduates Finalist workshop: finalists Spring scheme: first-years Open day: all students & graduates |
Freshers meet Freshfields: December 2019 Graduate workshop: December 2019 Finalist workshop: April 2020 Spring scheme: April 2020 Open day: April 2020 |
Freshers meet Freshfields: November Others TBC |
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| Gibson Dunn |
General open day: vac scheme applicants First Year Insight Scheme: first years |
General open day: December 2019 First Year Insight Scheme: April 2020 |
General open day: November 2019 First Year Insight Scheme: TBC |
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| Herbert Smith Freehills |
Practice area open days: all First-year open days: first-years |
Disputes: 26 November 2019 IP and cyber: 6 December 2019 First-years: 6-7 April and 20-21 April 2020 |
Disputes: 29 October 2019 IP and cyber: 8 November 2019 First-years: TBC |
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| Higgs & Sons | Not known | Early 2020 | Not known | ||||
| HFW |
Open day: penultimate year law students & non-law finalists Insight day: first-year students |
Open day: 10 December 2019 Insight day: 16 April 2020 |
Open day: 28 November 2019 March 2020 |
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| Hogan Lovells | First-year students | 10-11 April & 12-13 June 2019 | 29 February 2020 | ||||
| Howes Percival | Not known | Spring and summer 2020 | TBC | ||||
| Irwin Mitchell | All students & graduates | 4, 11, 12, 14, 15, 26, 28 November & 3, 5 December 2019 | Week before open days | ||||
| Jones Day | 'Question Time events at universities and the firm's London office | September, October and November 2019 | Register online | ||||
| K&L Gates | Trainee & vac scheme applicants | December 2019 – May 2020 | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Kennedys | All students & graduates | Not known | 30 September 2019 | ||||
| Kirkland & Ellis |
November: all students & graduates March: first-year students |
November 2019 & March 2020 | 3 November 2019 & 16 February 2020 | ||||
| Latham & Watkins |
Autumn: penultimate year law students, all final year students and graduates Spring: first year law students and second year non-law students |
Autumn: 27 November & 4 December 2019 Spring: 26 February 2020 & 25 March 2020 |
Autumn: 10 November 2019 Spring: 9 February 2020 |
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| Lewis Silkin | Penultimate year law students, non-law finalists & graduates | Spring 2020 | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Linklaters | First-years (Pathfinder programme) | Spring 2020, dates TBC | 1 February 2020 | ||||
| Macfarlanes | First-years | Spring 2020 | 28 February 2020 | ||||
| Mayer Brown |
Winter: all students & graduates Spring: first-years |
Winter: December 2019 & January 2020 Spring: March 2020 |
31 January 2020 | ||||
| Memery Crystal | Candidates applying for a training contract | 21 November 2019 | 24 October 2019 | ||||
| Michelmores | All students & graduates | TBC | TBC | ||||
| Mishcon de Reya |
Autumn: all students & graduates Spring: first-year law students and penultimate year non-law students |
Autumn: November 2019 Spring: March 2020 |
Not known | ||||
| Norton Rose Fulbright |
Autumn open days: all students & graduates Spring open day: first-years |
TBC | 31 March 2020 | ||||
| Orrick | Penultimate-year students, finalists & graduates | Not known | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Osborne Clarke | First-year law & penultimate-year non-law students | Easter 2020 | 28 February 2020 | ||||
| Penningtons Manches Cooper | First-year law & penultimate-year non-law students | Easter 2020 | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Pinsent Masons | All students | Winter 2019, TBC | Register online | ||||
| Reed Smith |
Winter open day: graduates Spring open day: first-years & second-years non-law |
Open day dates TBC | Apply online | ||||
| Royds Withy King | TBD | Spring 2020 | TBD | ||||
| RPC |
Spring workshop: first-years & second-years non-law Insight day: law finalists & penult-year undergrads |
Spring workshop: February 2020 Insight day: November 2019 |
TBC | ||||
| Shearman & Sterling | All students & graduates | 11 September 2019, 23 October 2019, 8 January 2020 & 3 June 2020 | 29 August 2019, 9 October 2019, 15 December 2019 & 24 May 2020 | ||||
| Shoosmiths | All students & graduates | January & February 2020 | Not known | ||||
| Sidley Austin | First-year students | 1 March 2020 | Register online | ||||
| Simmons & Simmons |
Open days: all students and graduates Spring insight scheme: first year law and non-law and penultimate year non-law students |
Open days: 9 October, 7 November, 20 November, 27 November 2019 & 22 January 2020 Spring insight scheme: 2 April, 7 April & 15 April 2020 |
Open days: register online Spring insight scheme: 15 February 2020 |
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| Slaughter and May |
Winter: finalists & graduates Spring: first-year students |
Winter: 9-10 December & 16-17 December 2019 Spring: 2 April, 7 April & 15 April 2020 |
Winter: 8 November 2019 Spring: 31 January 2020 |
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| Squire Patton Boggs |
Winter: all students & graduates Spring: first-year law & second-year non-law students |
Winter: October 2019 Spring: TBD |
Register online | ||||
| Stephens Scown | Not known | November 2019 & March 2020 | Register online | ||||
| Stephenson Harwood | All students & graduates | 15 January, 12 February, 18 March, 22 April 2020 | 31 January 2020 | ||||
| Taylor Wessing |
Open days: students & graduates Insight day: first-years |
Open days: November 2019 Insight day: March 2020 |
Not known | ||||
| TLT | All students & graduates | TBC | Register online | ||||
| Trowers & Hamlins | All students & graduates | January 2020 | 30 November 2019 | ||||
| Vinson & Elkins | First-year law & penultimate-year non-law students | 18 March 2020 | 7 February 2020 | ||||
| VWV | All students & graduates | Not known | Not known | ||||
| Walker Morris | All students & graduates | Winter 2019 | Not known | ||||
| Watson Farley & Williams | All students & graduates | Winter 2019/20 | 26 November 2019 | ||||
| White & Case |
Open days: penultimate-year students, finalists & graduates Insight scheme: First-years |
Autumn: November 2019 Insight scheme: May 2020 |
Open days: register online Insight scheme: 31 March 2020 |
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| Winckworth Sherwood | Training contract applicants | July 2020 | 30 June 2020 | ||||
| Withers | First-year students | 1 April 2020 | 28 February 2020 |
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