Vacation scheme deadlines

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 & Allen and Leigh Day.

 

October 2024

13	White & Case LLP(Winter)
24	Covington & Burling LLP (Winter)
25	Dechert LLP (Winter)
25	Simmons & Simmons LLP
28	Burges Salmon LLP (Winter)
31	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Winter)
31	Hogan Lovells (Winter)

 

November 2024

1	Taylor Wessing LLP (Spring)
6	Mishcon de Reya LLP
25	Dentons (London)

 

December 2024

1	Baker McKenzie
1	Dentons (Milton Keynes)
1	Taylor Wessing LLP (Summer)
8	Latham & Watkins
13	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Spring)
15	Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
16	Goodwin
16	Mayer Brown International LLP
20	Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
31	Cooley LLP
31	Dechert LLP (Spring)
31	Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

 

January 2025

1	Akin
1	Mills & Reeve LLP
2	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
3	Farrer & Co LLP
3	Foot Anstey LLP
3	Hogan Lovells (Summer)
3	Macfarlanes LLP
3	Penningtons
5	Norton Rose Fulbright (Summer)
6	Addleshaw Goddard LLP
6	DWF
6	Forsters
6	Reed Smith LLP
6	Trowers & Hamlins LLP
6	Watson Farley & Williams
10	Arnold & Porter
10	Burges Salmon LLP (Spring/Summer & Edinburgh)
10	HFW
10	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
10	TLT LLP
12	Vinson & Elkins RLLP
12	White & Case LLP (Spring & Summer)
13	RPC
13	Morrison Foerster
13	Squire Patton Boggs
15	Osborne Clarke LLP
16	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
16	Travers Smith LLP
17	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Summer)
17	Covington & Burling LLP (Summer)
20	Wedlake Bell LLP
24	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
31	Bates Wells
31	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Spring & Summer)
31	Dechert LLP (Summer)
31	Gateley Legal
31	Hill Dickinson LLP
31	K&L Gates
31	Muckle LLP
31	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
31	Ropes & Gray LLP
31	Stevens & Bolton LLP
31	Thomson Snell & Passmore (Easter)
31	Ward Hadaway LLP
31	Wilkin Chapman LLP
31	Withers LLP

 

February 2025

5	VWV
7	Russell-Cooke
9	Mariott Harrison
11	Bevan Brittan LLP

 

March 2025

2	Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP
31	Ashfords LLP
31	Howes Percival LLP
31	Thomson Snell & Passmore (Summer & A-Level)
31	Wilsons

 

April 2025

30	Devonshires LLP

 

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