Vacation schemes compared

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Firm 

Season 

Duration in weeks 

Remuneration per week 

Closing dates for vac scheme 

Easter and Summer 

Up to 2 weeks 

£450 [London], £400 [Regional] 

6th January 2025 

Spring 

2 

£600 

1st January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£450 

10th Jan 2025 

Summer 

1 

Undisclosed 

31st March 2025 

Winter and Summer 

Up to 3 weeks 

£600 

Undisclosed 

Spring and Summer 

3 

£460.25 

1st December 2024 

Spring 

2 

London Living Wage 

31st January 2025 

Summer 

2 

Real Living Wage  

11th February 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£750 

13th December 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 17th January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] 

Winter, Spring and Summer 

Up to 2 

£300 

28th October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 10th January 2025 [Spring/Summer Vacation scheme], 10th January 2025 [Edinburgh vacation scheme] 

Spring and Summer 

Up to 2 

£461 [London], £420 [Guildford and Cheltenham] 

15th January 2025 

Winter, Spring and Summer 

2 

£500 

31st October 2024 [Winter], 31st January 2024 [Spring and Summer] 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

CMS 

Spring 

1 

£450 

5th January 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Cooley 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Winter and Summer 

2 

£500 

24th October 2024, 17th January 2025 

Cripps 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

TBC 

1 

£750 

Undisclosed 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£550 

2nd January 2025 

Dechert  

Winter, Spring and Summer 

2 

£550 

25th October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 31st December 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 31st January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£450 

25th November 2024 [London and Milton Keynes], 3rd January 2025 [Scotland], 26th January 2025 [Dublin] 

Summer 

2 

£512 [London], £469 [Non-London] 

30th April 2025 

Summer 

3 

Undisclosed 

Rolling recruitment 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Druces 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

DWF 

Summer 

2 

Real Living Wage  

6th January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£461.54 

3rd January 2025 

Summer 

1 

£500 

January 

Spring and Summer 

1 

Competitive 

3rd January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£475 

6th January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£370 

Undisclosed 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Summer 

1 

£350 

31st January 2025 

Summer 

3 

£750 

16th January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£500 

16th December 2024 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

HFW 

TBC 

Undisclosed 

£500 

10th January 2025 

Summer 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

31st January 2025 

Winter and Summer 

Up to 3 

£500 

31st October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 3rd January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] 

Summer 

1 

Undisclosed 

31st March 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Summer 

2 

Undisclosed 

31st July 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Spring and Summer 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

31st December 2024 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£500 

8th December 2024 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Undisclosed 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£450 

3rd January 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Summer 

4 

£400 

9th February 2025 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£550 

16th December 2024 

Summer 

1 

Real Living Wage  

May 2025 

Summer 

2 

Undisclosed 

1st January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£650 

5th November 2024 

Summer 

2 

£500 

24 January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£500 

N/A 

Muckle 

Spring 

Up to 1 

6 

31st January 2025 

Summer and Winter 

2 

Undisclosed 

5th January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£500 

31st January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£480 

15th January 2025 

Summer 

1 

Competitive 

2nd March 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£460 [London], £420 [Outer London] 

3rd January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£460 

6th January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£400 

31st January 2025 

RPC 

Summer 

2 

£500 

13th January 2025 

Spring 

1 

£500 

7th February 2025 

Spring 

1 

£360 

January 2025 

Winter 

1 

£500 

13th September 2024 

Winter 

1 

£500 

25th October 2024 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£500 

1st December 2024 

Spring and Summer 

3 

£500 

Undisclosed 

Summer 

1 

£460  [London], £420 [Regional] 

13th January 2025 

Spring 

2 

15 

31st January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£750 

10th January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£420 

1st November 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 1st December 2024 [Summer vacation scheme] 

Thomson Snell & Passmore 

Spring and Summer 

2 

Undisclosed 

31st January 2025 [Easter vacation scheme], 31st March 2025 [Summer vacation scheme]  

TLT 

Summer 

2 

£400 

10th January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£750 

16th January 2025 

Summer 

2 

£460.25 [London], £400 [Regional] 

6th January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

1 

£500 

12th January 2025 

VWV 

Summer 

1 

Undisclosed 

5th February 2025 

Spring 

Up to 1 

N/A 

31st January 2024 

Summer 

2 

£475 

6th January 2025 

Summer 

3 

£350 

20th January 2025 

Spring 

2 

£750 

15th December 2024 

Winter, Spring and Summer 

Undisclosed 

£600 

13th October 2024 [Winter], 12th January 2025 [Spring and Summer] 

Spring and Summer 

1 

Undisclosed 

31st January 2025 

Spring and Summer 

2 

£750 

20th December 2024 

Summer 

1 

Undisclosed 

31st March 2025 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

Spring 

1 

£450 

31st January 2025 

Summer 

1 

£400 - £450 

Undisclosed 

The information above was provided to us directly by law firms in autumn 2024. Deadlines and application information can change at short notice and from year to year, so please check firms' websites for the latest information.