Vacation schemes compared

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FirmSeasonDuration in weeks Remuneration per week Closing dates for vac scheme 
Addleshaw Goddard Spring and Summer 2 £485 [London]; £430 [Regional] 6th January 2026
Akin Spring 2 £600 per week plus £300 Work-Ready Payment paid two weeks before the scheme begins. Sunday 4 January 2026
Arnold & Porter Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Ashfords Summer 1 week [Bristol]; 2 weeks [Exeter]  Undisclosed 31st March 26 
Ashurst Winter and Summer 1 week [Winter]; 3 weeks [Summer] £650 12th September 2025 [Winter]; 12th December 2025 [Summer]
Baker McKenzie Spring and Summer 3 £484.75 1st December 2025 [Spring]; 1st January 2026 [Summer]
Bates Wells Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Bevan Brittan Summer 2 Undisclosed 17th February 2026
Birketts Summer 2 £315 5th January 2026
Bristows N/A N/A N/A N/A
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Spring and Summer 2 £750 12th September 2025 [Spring]; 16th January 2026 [Summer]
Burges Salmon Winter, Spring and Summer 2 £375 27 October 2025 [Winter]; 5th January 2026 [Spring and Summer]
Charles Russell Speechlys Spring and Summer 1 £461 [London]; £420 [Cheltenham and Guildford] 15th January 2026
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Winter, Spring and Summer 2 £750 31st October 2025 [Winter]; 31st January 2026 [Spring and Summer]
Clifford Chance Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Clyde & Co Spring and Summer 2 Undisclosed 5th January 2026
CMS Spring 1 £450 4th December 2025
Collyer Bristow N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cooley Spring and Summer 2 £550 1st January 2026
Covington & Burling Winter and Summer 2 £600 24th October 2025; 16th January 2026 
Cripps Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Davis Polk & Wardell Spring 1 £750 30th November 2025
Debevoise & Plimpton Spring and Summer 1 [Spring]; 2 [Summer] £550 December 2025 [Spring and Summer]
Dechert Winter, Spring and Summer 2 £550 17th October 2025 [Winter]; 31st December 2025 [Spring and Summer]
Dentons Spring and Summer 2 £450 [UK]; 500 euros [Ireland] 23rd November 2025 [London]; 7th December 2025 [Milton Keynes]
Devonshires Summer 2 £535.13 [London]; £485.63 [Non-London] 28th February 2026
DLA Piper Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Dorsey & Whitney N/A N/A N/A N/A
Druces N/A N/A N/A N/A
DWF Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Farrer & Co Spring and Summer 2 £490.38 2nd January 2026
Fladgate Summer 1 £400 January
Forsters Spring and Summer 1 £475 5th January 2026
Fox Williams Summer 2 £400 February
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gateley Summer 1 £350 11th January 2026
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Spring and Summer 2 £750 16th Janaury 2026
Goodwin Spring and Summer 1 [Spring]; 2 [Summer] £650 12th December 2025
Greenberg Traurig N/A N/A N/A N/A
Harbottle & Lewis N/A N/A N/A N/A
Haynes and Boone N/A N/A N/A N/A
HFW Spring and Summer 2 600 8th January 2026
Hill Dickinson Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed 16th January 2026
Hogan Lovells Winter and Summer 2 [Winter]; 3 [Summer] £500 10th October 2025 [Winter]; 12th December 2025 [Summer]
Howes Percival Summer 1 Undisclosed 31st March 2026
Irwin Mitchell N/A N/A N/A N/A
K&L Gates Summer 2 Undisclosed 31st January 2026
Kennedys N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kingsley Napley N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kirkland & Ellis Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 14th December 2025
Latham & Watkins Spring and Summer 2 £500 7th December 2025
Lewis Silkin N/A N/A N/A N/A
Linklaters Winter and Summer 2 [Winter]; 3 [Summer] £500 3rd December 2025
Macfarlanes Spring and Summer 2 £500 5th December 2025
Marriott Harrison Summer 4 £450 9th February 2026
Mayer Brown Spring and Summer 2 £550 16th December 2025
McDermott Will & Schulte N/A N/A N/A N/A
Michelmores Summer 1 Real Living Wage February 2026 [Summer]
Mills & Reeve Summer 2 £480 [London]; £420 [Regional] 1st January 2026
Mishcon de Reya Summer 1 £650 28th November 2025
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Summer 2  £500 21st January 2026
Morrison Foerster Summer 2 £600 5th January 2026
Northridge Law Summer 3/4 days £270 for 3 days  30th January 2026
Norton Rose Fulbright Winter and Summer 2 £500 28th September 2025 [Winter]; 7th December 2025 [Summer]
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Summer 2 £500 31st January 2026
Osborne Clarke Summer 2 £490 15th January 2026
Paul Hastings Undisclosed 1 £500 4th January 2026
Penningtons Manches Cooper Winter and Summer 1 £460 [London]; £420 [Outer London]  10th October 2025 [Winter]; 9th Janunary 2026 [Summer]
Reed Smith Spring and Summer 1 £460 6th January 2026
Ropes & Gray Spring and Summer 2 £400 31st January 2026
RPC Summer 2 £500 12th January 2026
Russell-Cooke Spring 1 £600 6th February 2026
RWK Goodman Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Sidley Austin Winter, Spring and Summer 1 £500 12th September 2025 [Winter]; 9th January 2026 [Spring and Summer]
Simmons & Simmons Summer 2 £500 [London]; £450 [Bristol] 15th February 2026
Skadden, Arps, Meagher, & Flom Undisclosed 2 £500 1st December 2025
Slaughter and May Summer 3 £500 5th December 2025
Squire Patton Boggs Summer 1 £441 [Regional]; £485 [London] 5th January 2026
Stephenson Harwood Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 30th January 2026
Stevens & Bolton Spring 1 £250 31st January 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell Spring and Summer 2 Undisclosed 5th December 2025
Taylor Wessing Spring and Summer 1 [Spring]; 2 [Summer] £484.75 31st October 2025 [Spring]; 28th November 2025 [Summer]
Travers Smith Summer 2 £750 14th January 2026
Trowers & Hamlins Summer 2 £430 [Regional]; £485 [London] 5th January 2026
Vinson & Elkins Summer 1 £750 11th January 2026
VWV Summer 1 Undisclosed 14th January 2026
Ward Hadaway Spring 1 Undisclosed 31st January 2026
Watson Farley & Williams Undisclosed 2 £450 6th January 2026
Wedlake Bell Summer 3 £460 12th January 2026
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Spring 2 £750 14th December 2025
White & Case Winter, Spring and Summer Undisclosed £600 26th October 2025 [Winter]; 12th January 2026 [Spring & Summer]
Wilkin Chapman Rollits Undisclosed 1 Undisclosed 31st January 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher Spring and Summer 2 £750 10th December 2025
Wilsons Summer 1 Undisclosed 31st March 2026
Winckworth Sherwood N/A N/A N/A N/A
Withers Undisclosed 1 £500 12th January 2026
Womble Bond Dickinson Summer 1 £400-£450 (location dependent) January

The information above was provided to us directly by law firms in autumn 2025. Deadlines and application information can change at short notice and from year to year, so please check firms' websites for the latest information.