Application and selection criteria
How many trainees does each law firm recruit? How many applications does it get a year? Which firms require a minimum 2:1 degree? Which firms care about A levels? The answer to all these questions, and more, are below.
If you're interested in applying to a firm it's important to know the basics: what are its minimum degree and A level requirements? Does it offer a vac scheme? How about an open day? And how many vacancies and applications does it typically get? All that information is provided here.
The data below was either provided to us directly by firms or taken from their websites. While many set a minimum requirement of a 2:1 degree, extenuating circumstances may be taken into account. Firms' A levels requirements are usually less stringent. Recruiters are on the lookout for good academics overall and one extra B need not dent your chances if you've had other academic successes (e.g. a First).
Overseas applicants need not worry: firms are usually willing to accept applicants with equivalent overseas degrees, provided they are from a reputable institution (though foreign law degrees are not usually recognised as a qualifying law degree). If you have any doubt about the requirements a firm sets, please contact its graduate recruitment team.
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Firm |
Training contract vacancies |
Number of applicants |
Closing dates for application |
Closing dates for vac scheme |
Grade requirements |
A levels (desired) |
|
60 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 or equivalent |
Undisclosed |
|
|
8 |
800 |
Via vacation scheme |
1st January 2025 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
400 |
16th May 2025 |
10th Jan 2025 |
2:1 (mitigating circumstances considered) |
Undisclosed |
|
|
15 |
535 |
31st March 2025 |
31st March 2025 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
40 |
2948 |
28th March 2025 |
Undisclosed |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
40 |
Undisclosed |
1st April 2025 |
1st December 2024 |
2:1 (mitigating circumstances considered) |
Undisclosed |
|
|
6 |
883 |
31st May 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
6 |
699 |
14th May 2025 |
11th February 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
10 |
700 |
2nd January 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 (mitigating circumstances considered) |
Undisclosed |
|
|
20 |
2000 |
31st May 2025 |
13th December 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 17th January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
1 |
1 |
20th June 2025 |
28th October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 10th January 2025 [Spring/Summer Vacation scheme], 10th January 2025 [Edinburgh vacation scheme] |
2:1 |
BBB |
|
|
25 |
1556 |
15th January 2025 |
15th January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
16 |
1400 |
Via vacation scheme |
Winter - 31 October, Spring&Summer - 31 January |
High 2.1 |
AAA |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
90 |
3135 |
5th December 2024 |
5th January 2025 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
235 |
27th June 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 or above |
Good grades |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
9 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
24th October 2024, 17th January 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
2 |
Undisclosed |
31st January 2025 |
N/A |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
10 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
2nd January 2025 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
10 |
1500 |
Via vacation scheme |
25th October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 31st December 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 31st January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
0 |
Undisclosed |
2nd June 2025 |
25th November 2024 [London and Milton Keynes], 3rd January 2025 [Scotland], 26th January 2025 [Dublin] |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
10 |
180 |
30th June 2025 |
30th April 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
1 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
Rolling recruitment |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
2 |
87 |
30th June 2025 |
N/A |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
4 |
30 |
9th August 2024 |
N/A |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
40 |
Undisclosed |
6th January 2025 |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
10 |
700 |
30th March 2025 |
3rd January 2025 |
Upper second class |
AAB |
|
|
6 |
385 |
Via vacation scheme |
January |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
12 |
Undisclosed |
21st March 2025 |
3rd January 2025 |
2:1 |
BBB (or equivalent) |
|
|
12 |
Undisclosed |
6th January 2025 |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
4 |
312 |
23rd May 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 and above |
AAB |
|
|
25 |
1100 |
Via vacation scheme |
31st January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
10 |
Undisclosed |
16th January 2025 |
16th January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
14 |
Undisclosed |
16th December 2024 |
16th December 2024 |
2:1 preferred |
AAB preferred |
|
|
6 |
600 |
31st January 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 |
Strong A levels |
|
|
3 |
Undisclosed |
Approx. 8 June 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
18 |
949 |
18th July 2025 |
10th January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
25 |
1,000 |
31st January 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
31st January 2025 |
31st October 2024 [Winter vacation scheme], 3rd January 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
10 |
250 |
20th June 2025 |
31st March 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
50 |
5000 |
2nd December 2024 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
8 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
31st July 2025 |
2:1 |
128 UCAS or equivalent |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
29th November 2024 |
N/A |
2:1 |
3 B's or equivalent (120 UCAS Points) |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
N/A |
NA |
N/A |
|
|
15 |
1000 |
31st December 2024 |
31st December 2024 |
2:1 and above |
At least AAB (or equivalent) |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
8th December 2024 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
4 |
Undisclosed |
15th January 2025 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
33 |
1747 |
27th June 2025 |
3rd January 2025 |
2:1 and above |
Undisclosed |
|
|
3 |
Undisclosed |
15th August 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
9th February 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
15 |
1158 |
Undisclosed |
16th December 2024 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
12 |
370 |
January & May |
May |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Undisclosed |
2500 |
Via vacation scheme |
1st January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
30 |
2000 |
8th January 2025 |
5th November 2024 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
6 |
420 |
25 June 2025 |
24 January 2025 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
6th January 2025 |
N/A |
2:1 (or equivalent) |
AAB (or equivalent) |
|
|
4 |
152 |
Via vacation scheme |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 and above |
Undisclosed |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
16th March 2025 |
5th January 2025 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
6 |
Undisclosed |
30th April 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 |
BBB |
|
|
30 |
1500 |
15th January 2025 |
15th January 2025 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
12 |
650 |
30th June 2025 |
2nd March 2025 |
2:1 and above |
Majority A grades |
|
|
15 |
555 |
12th April 2025 |
3rd January 2025 |
Upper Second Class |
N/A |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
15 |
1100 |
Via vacation scheme |
31st January 2025 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
15 |
Undisclosed |
24th June 2025 |
13th January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
10 |
Undisclosed |
7th February 2025 |
7th February 2025 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
5 |
600 |
April 2025 |
January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
17 |
1600 |
Via vacation scheme |
13th September 2024 |
2:1 |
AAA |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
25th October 2024 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
20 |
1600 |
Via vacation scheme |
1st December 2024 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
95 |
Undisclosed |
Please visit website |
Undisclosed |
2:1 |
Good A-Levels |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
13th January 2025 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
10 |
350 |
31st January 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 minimum |
340 UCAS points with at least 1 grade A |
|
|
8 |
Undisclosed |
11th July 2025 |
10th January 2025 |
2:1 minimum |
Undisclosed |
|
|
22 |
1902 |
Via vacation scheme |
1st November 2024 [Spring vacation scheme], 1st December 2024 [Summer vacation scheme] |
Upper Second Class |
AAB |
|
|
Thomson Snell & Passmore |
8 |
Undisclosed |
31st January 2025 |
31st January 2025 [Easter vacation scheme], 31st March 2025 [Summer vacation scheme] |
2:1 preferable |
Undisclosed |
|
30 |
1208 |
31st May 2025 |
10th January 2025 |
2:1 |
120 UCAS points |
|
|
35 |
1500 |
1st November 2024 |
16th January 2025 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
25 |
1000 |
6th January 2025 |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
5 |
978 |
Via vacation scheme |
12th January 2025 |
2:1 (achieved or expected) and 60%+ average across first-year modules |
AAB (or equivalent qualifications) |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
5th February 2025 |
2:2 minimum |
3 A Levels at grade B and above in any subject. Will consider lower grades with extenuating circumstances. |
|
|
14 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
31st January 2024 |
2:1 and above preferred |
AAB or equivalent preferred |
|
|
19 |
1010 |
24th June 2025 |
6th January 2025 |
2:1 |
ABB |
|
|
8 |
Undisclosed |
1st May 2025 |
20th January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
15 |
Undisclosed |
Via vacation scheme |
15th December 2024 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
50 |
Undisclosed |
13th July 2025 |
13th October 2024 [Winter], 12th January 2025 [Spring and Summer] |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
10 |
120 |
31st January 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
6 |
999 |
Via vacation scheme |
20th December 2024 |
2:1 |
N/A |
|
|
6 |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
31st March 2025 |
2:1 |
Undisclosed |
|
|
8 |
348 |
28th February 2025 |
N/A |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
|
|
12 |
828 |
31st May 2025 |
31st January 2025 |
2:1 |
AAB |
|
|
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |
Undisclosed |