Vacation scheme deadlines

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 & Allen, Leigh 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