Vacation schemes compared
| Vacancies (2019) | 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Baker McKenzie | 40 | Spring and summer | 2-3 weeks | Not known | 30 November 2018 (spring) 15 January 2019 (summer) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Burges Salmon | 40 | Winter, spring and summer | 1-2 weeks | £250 pw | 2 November 2018 (winter) 11 January 2019 (spring/summer) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Howes Percival | 24 | Summer | 1 week | Not known | 31 March 2019 | |
| Ince Gordon Dadds | 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) |
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| K&L Gates | 12 | Summer | 2 weeks | Not known | 31 January 2019 | |
| Kennedys | 12 | Winter | 1 week | Not known | Opens May 2019 | |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
The information above was provided to us directly by law firms in August 2018 or taken from firms' websites. Deadlines and application information can change at short notice and from year to year, so please check firms' websites for the latest information. We will publish information about vac schemes in winter 2019/20 and spring and summer 2020 as soon as it is known.