Vacation schemes compared
| Vacancies (2018) | Season | Duration | Remuneration | Application deadline | ||
| Addleshaw Goddard | 70 | Summer | 1-2 weeks | Not known | 6 January 2019 | |
| Akin Gump | 8 | Summer | 2 weeks | London living wage | 31 January 2019 | |
| Allen & Overy | 50 | Winter and summer | Not known | Not known | 31 October 2018 (winter) 31 December 2018 (summer) |
|
| Arnold & Porter | 10 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 3 March 2019 | |
| Ashfords | 24 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 30 April 2019 | |
| Ashurst | 80 | Winter and summer | 1-3 weeks | Not known | 4 November 2018 (winter) 6 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| Baker McKenzie | 40 | Spring and summer | 2-3 weeks | Not known | 30 November 2018 (spring) 15 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| Bates Wells Braithwaite | 12 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| BDB Pitmans | 10 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Bevan Brittan | 20 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 28 February 2019 | |
| Bird & Bird | 40 | Spring and summer | 1 week | Not known | 27 December 2018 | |
| Birketts | 24 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Blake Morgan | 45-50 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 1 April 2019 | |
| Blandy & Blandy | Not known | Spring and summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Blaser Mills | No vac scheme | |||||
| BLM | 15 | Not known | 2 weeks | Not known | 27 January 2019 | |
| Boodle Hatfield | 6 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| B P Collins | 25 | May-October | 1-2 weeks | Not known | 31 March 2019 | |
| Brabners | No vac scheme | |||||
| Bristows | 36 | Winter, spring and summer | 2 days | Not known | 18 November 2018 (winter) 31 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Browne Jacobson | 15 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 1 February 2019 | |
| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 60 | Winter and summer | 1-2 weeks | £400 pw | October 2018 (winter) January 2019 (summer) |
|
| Burges Salmon | 40 | Winter, spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | £250 pw | 2 November 2018 (winter) 11 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Charles Russell Speechlys | Not known | Summer | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Cleary Gottlieb | 48 | Winter, spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 3 November 2018 (winter) 31 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Clifford Chance | Not known | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 16 December 2018 | |
| Clyde & Co | 60 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 6 January 2019 | |
| CMS | 80 | Summer | 3 weeks | Not known | 4 January 2019 | |
| Collyer Bristow | 15 | Not known | Not known | Not known | Not known | |
| Cooley | 8 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Covington & Burling | 20 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 18 January 2019 | |
| Cripps | 6 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 30 April 2019 | |
| Crown Prosecution Service |
No vac scheme | |||||
| Curtis | Ad hoc | |||||
| Davis Polk | 20 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 13 January 2019 | |
| Debevoise & Plimpton | 20-25 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £500 pw | 11 November 2018 | |
| Dechert | 20 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 December 2018 (spring) 31 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| Dentons | 26 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | Not known | |
| DLA Piper | 100 | Summer | 3 weeks | Not known | 31 December 2018 | |
| DWF | 35 | Summer | 2 weeks | £200 | 4 January 2019 | |
| Evershed Sutherland | 80 | Summer | 2 weeks | £329 pw (London) £288 pw (elsewhere) |
6 January 2019 | |
| Farrer & Co | 30 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £300 pw | 31 January 2019 | |
| Fladgate | No vac scheme | |||||
| Foot Anstey | 18 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 1 April 2019 | |
| Fox Williams | 12 | Summer | 1 week | £250 pw | Not known | |
| Freeths | No vac scheme | |||||
| Freshfields | 60 | Summer | 3 weeks | Not known | 3 January 2019 | |
| Fried Frank |
No vac scheme | |||||
| Gateley | 40 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 12 February 2019 | |
| Geldards | No vac scheme | |||||
| Gibson Dunn | Not known | Summer | 3 weeks | £500 pw | 1 February 2019 | |
| Goodwin |
14 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 11 January 2019 | |
| Government Legal Profession | 30 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | Not known | |
| Harbottle & Lewis | No vac scheme | |||||
| Herbert Smith Freehills | 80 | Winter, spring and summer | 2-3 weeks | £400 pw | 15 October 2018 (winter) 4 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Hewitsons | Not known | Summer | Not known | Not known | Not known | |
| HFW | 35 | Spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Higgs & Sons | 6 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | Not known | |
| Hill Dickinson | 44 | Not known | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Hodge Jones & Allen | No vac scheme | |||||
| Hogan Lovells | 55 | Winter and summer | Up to 3 weeks | Not known | 31 October 2018 (winter) 6 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Howes Percival | 24 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 March 2019 | |
| Ince & Co | Not known | Spring | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Irwin Mitchell | 70 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 13 January 2019 | |
| Jones Day | 70 | Winter, spring and summer | 2 weeks | £500 pw | 26 October 2018 (winter) 14 December 2018 (spring) 10 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| K&L Gates | 12 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Kennedys | 12 | Winter | 1 week | Not known | 30 September 2018 | |
| Kingsley Napley | No vac scheme | |||||
| Kirkland & Ellis | 30 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £500 pw | 6 January 2019 | |
| Latham & Watkins | 40 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 6 January 2019 | |
| Leigh Day |
No vac scheme | |||||
| Lewis Silkin | Not known | Spring | 3 days | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Linklaters | Not known | Winter, spring and summer | 2-4 weeks | Not known | 25 November 2018 (winter) 8 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Macfarlanes | 55 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £330 pw | 31 January 2019 | |
| Maples Teesdale | No vac scheme | |||||
| Mayer Brown | 30 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| McDermott Will & Emery | No vac scheme | |||||
| Memery Crystal | 16 | Spring | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Michelmores | 16 | Summer | 2 weeks | Unpaid | 31 January 2019 | |
| Mills & Reeve | 36 | Summer | 2 weeks | £306 pw | 31 January 2019 | |
| Mishcon de Reya | 35-40 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 15 January 2019 | |
| Morgan Lewis | 10 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Morgan Sports Law | No vac scheme | |||||
| Morrison & Foerster | 15 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 6 January 2019 | |
| Muckle | 20-25 | Not known | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Northridge Law | Not known | Not known | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | Up to 40 | Winter, spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | £360 pw | 31 October 2018 (winter) 13 January 2019 (spring) 31 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| O'Melveny | Up to 10 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Orrick | No vac scheme | |||||
| Osborne Clarke | 35 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 15 January 2019 | |
| Paul Hastings | Not known | Summer | Not known | Not known | Not known | |
| Penningtons Manches | 50 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Pinsent Masons | 100 | Not known | Not known | £357 pw (London) £325 pw (elsewhere) |
January 2019 | |
| PwC | Not known | Summer | Not known | Not known | Not known | |
| Reed Smith | 20-22 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Ropes & Gray | 20 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £350 pw | 31 January 2019 | |
| Royds Withy King | 10 | Spring and summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| RPC | 24 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 18 January 2019 | |
| Russell-Cooke | 12 | Summer | 1 week | £500 pw | 1 March 2019 | |
| Shearman & Sterling | 40 | Winter, spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 20 January 2019 | |
| Shoosmiths | 50 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 28 February 2019 | |
| Sidley Austin | 45 | Winter, spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | Not known | 5 November 2018 (winter) 31 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Simkins | 8 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 May 2019 | |
| Simmons & Simmons | 65 | Winter and summer | 1-2 weeks | Not known | 1 November 2018 (winter) 15 January 2019 (summer London) 15 February 2019 (summer Bristol) |
|
| Skadden | Not known | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £500 pw | 12 January 2019 | |
| Slaughter and May | 100 | Spring and summer | 1-3 weeks | £400 pw | 3 January 2019 | |
| Squire Patton Boggs | Not known | Winter and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 1 November 2018 (1st cycle) 9 January 2019 (2nd cycle) |
|
| Stephens Scown | Not known | Not known | Not known | Not known | March 2019 | |
| Stephenson Harwood | 40 | Winter, spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | £360 pw | 31 January 2019 | |
| Stevens & Bolton | 10 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | 6-8 | Summer | 2 weeks | £500 pw | 11 January 2019 | |
| Taylor Vinters | 20 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Taylor Wessing | 35 | Summer | 2 weeks | £375 pw | 14 January 2019 | |
| Thomas Cooper | No vac scheme | |||||
| TLT | Not known | Spring and summer | 1 week | Not known | Not known | |
| Travers Smith | 72 | Winter and summer | 2 weeks | £330 pw | Rolling (winter) 31 January 2019 (summer) |
|
| Trethowans | No vac scheme | |||||
| Trowers & Hamlins | 34 | Summer | 2 weeks | £300 pw (London) £250 pw (elsewhere) |
30 January 2019 | |
| Vinson & Elkins | 25 | Summer | Not known | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| VWV | 18 | Summer | 1 week | Unpaid | 20 January 2019 | |
| Walker Morris | 48 | Summer | 1 week | £175 pw | 31 December 2018 | |
| Ward Hadaway | 20 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 28 February 2019 | |
| Watson, Farley & Williams | Up to 30 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £325 pw | 14 January 2019 | |
| Wedlake Bell | 8 | Summer | 3 weeks | Not known | January 2019 | |
| Weil | Up to 30 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | £400 pw | 14 January 2019 | |
| White & Case | 75 | Winter, spring and summer | 2 weeks | £400 pw | 6 November 2018 (winter) 15 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
|
| Wilkin Chapman | 30 | Year round | 2 days | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Wilsons | 5 | Summer | Not known | Expenses contribution | 31 March 2019 | |
| Winckworth Sherwood | 10 | Summer | 2 weeks | £150 pw | 28 February 2019 | |
| Winston & Strawn | 12 | Summer | 2 weeks | £400 pw | 4 January 2019 | |
| Withers | 18 | Spring and summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Womble Bond Dickinson | 80 | Not known | 1 week | Not known | 28 February 2019 |